First off, this post really pisses me off. Finally after a couple of pages, someone posted the real rule and how it works. Don, if you are going to stir stuff up, post ALL the facts. I am all for this rule. Why should USAC schedule a race in a state, say the PA swing. Another racetrack rides the coat tails of USAC and schedules a race for half the money the days before or after to attract the USAC drivers. Why should USAC not protect themselves? I believe that is the real reason for this rule.

If anyone thinks a driver is making a living driving only non wing cars and not running for one of the USAC Championships, you are wrong. Running for $1500 a night, even if you do run some USAC races, you are not going to make a living. USAC is doing something for the drivers making it possible to make a better living. The few of us that are fortunate enough to make a living at this run over 100 races a year and make a fourth, or even less, than a guy running WoO.

I also went through my schedule to see if there were any races that I couldn’t make because of this rule. Guess what? There aren’t any. I will be at Sun Prairie when I can, run the POWRi races I can and a few others.

How are the fans going to get hurt on this? THEY AREN’T . The top drivers are still going to be at local tracks. I don’t know how else to explain it. Nobody seems to care when a track schedules a race against a USAC race. And that means no USAC drivers there and everyone survives.

Someone brought up Eldora and North Vernon. Yeah, there will be more cars at North Vernon. There are drivers and owners that do not like Eldora or don’t feel they can be competitive with their equipment. Nothing wrong with that. I think it’s a great opportunity for a non USAC team to take home 4K.

Jerry Coons