Run of the mill Saturday Night Stock Car Shows are really struggling. In fact; if you look at the numbers on most nights; the car counts seem to decline as the class gets cheaper. Why? Because the people running the limited classes are barely making it and a lay off or ailment may put them over the edge.

The Late Model classes that run the World 100 and such are extremely expensive to run. More than a USAC Sprint.

Often when people quit doing something or participating in something it's because the have lost whatever that connection is that they felt towards it. You lose your status to it so it loses it's status to you.

Make no mistake about it.....Auto Racing as a whole is very healthy. There is so many different classes that people just pick and choose where they want to run and where they are comfortable. What that does in return though is split and divide everything. You have more as a whole, but less in a group.