[Need For Speed]

Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon I'll try to get the point across one more time. This money is being supplied by the United States Auto Club. Six figures worth of money is nothing to sneeze at - especially in our sport where we regularly race for a thousand bucks to win.

When was the last time USAC raced for $1,000 to win?? USAC is trying to protect itself from the weekly shows...cut the crap, and tell it like it is!

Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon This is an attempt by them to do what the drivers have been screaming for - pay out more money!! And by doing it in this way, there is a path to having a more valuable program that will have tracks willing to pay more money, and it is also a way to attract more sponsors.

So will this be another 'dead end' program like the "Road to Indy" BS...

Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon Under Miller's reign, USAC has already boosted standard purses in the Sprint Car & Midget division. That was the first time that had happened in USAC in a VERY long time.

What's been the hold up?

Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon Because they are the ones providing the money, they are allowed to employ some stipulations. Am I understanding this right that USAC should pay out $40,000 to someone who has skipped their races for others, or watered down his own sport so it loses value? Do you think USAC races should pay much better, and a track owner should be willing to pay that, just to see those same drivers race the next night, right down the road, for a fraction of the purse?

Re-read my post...I understand some kind of a rule regarding skipping a USAC race if it's on the same night, within a certian distance.

But I think it's BS to be telling guys they get a penalty for running Gas City on a Friday night, AND/OR, Kokomo on a Sunday night, just because USAC has a race on a Saturday night within 200 miles of either track!! Hell, 200 miles from Indianapolis alone cuts a wide swath through non-wing sprint car land....move that starting point to a certian track, and 200 miles essentially wipes out any USAC guys running much of anywhere else.