Just two thoughts ---
1. If race promoters aren't going to worry about their big payday, then who is going to do it for them? For some tracks, that "big payday" offsets their losses for the rest of the season. I am more and more convinced that the only person caring if a race promoter survives is the race promoter. Everyone else does an excellent job of telling him how to spend his money without assuming the finanical risks, and then complaining when it doesn't work.

2. It's amazing how quickly USAC's name was thrown under the bus by some people while the mention of those making the actual decision drew little comment at all.

It reminds me of a conversation with a photographer recently who was complaining that USAC screwed up Florida while never once considering that perhaps it was the East Bay management that decided not to have USAC back and the club then scheduled races at another track. The point is that it was automatically assumed to be USAC's fault, regardless of what the facts might be.

I don't pretend to know what happened with Indiana Sprint Week, or at East Bay, but I don't automatically assume it's USAC's fault.