[DonMoore10]

You IOW race fans love to see big car counts and, yes, there was a tremendous amount of posting about hardly any cars showing up at some of the USAC pavement midget shows this past Summer.

I just read today on another message board about the practice session held (I believe) the day before the Turkey Night USAC midget race took place.

FACT(according to the poster): Toyota Speedway charged each car owner $200 to practice.

FACT: Thousands and thousands of dollars for Hoosier tires had to have been spent for this session.

So my question is: Why in the world is USAC allowing this to take place, or for that matter, at any track they sanction?????? I don't get it. It's quite obvious that these "day before the event" practice sessions drive up the cost of running a pavement midget. Is this not a no brainer that these sessions should be banned or is it that the almighty dollar is in charge here again????

OH, yes, I know... the teams didn't have to participate, but can you tell who is going to sit by and watch all the multi-millionaire teams practice and dial in their cars while you sit in the pits?

I don't get it. What's the problem with one free practice session the day of the race?? It's all equal if everybody does it the same way. Just what is the point of a high dollar practice session the day before a midget race?????