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Originally Posted by dadams17
Not sure if someone already brought it up but I think John is on to it. USAC National Series is all dirt, but from what I understand there will still be a separate pavement series. Similar but not the same as the previous regional series, 12 races with a new tire rule coming out. Possibly only 2 tires a night or something around that. Tracks ORP, Winchester, Salem, Toledo, Anderson? with a smaller purse. Not 100% positive on all of the facts, but this is coming from a reliable source. Now teams won't have to worry about spending the bucks on expenses to be able to compete against the huge budgets (besides testing, but that is track revenue not USAC) and the National teams don't HAVE to run them. I think it is a step in the right direction and hopefully it works and draws cars otherwise it is probably the last straw...
Donnie Adams
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That sounds alright to me. Pavement needs SOMETHING to be done to help it. I'll always pick dirt over pavement, but I do like to mix in pavement as well so I hope this type of change helps. I'd hate to no longer have any reason to go to some of the great pavement tracks around IN.
As for those that say running both is what set USAC apart, it used to, but really doesn't any more. Think about it, there were about 40 races run this year, 7 on pavement. That comes out to about 18% of the races. So really you don't have to be GREAT at both. I'm not saying you just show up and make laps on pavement, but you only have to race 15-20 cars 7 times out of about 40. Years back you truely had to be good at both or you couldn't win the championship.
The sprint series has really been a dirt series for a while. I think it's good to split out pavement if you control costs. I certainly would hate to see it go totally away, something needs to change.