Why would you be under that impression? Nobody connected to USAC ever said Pavement was gone? Somebody saw a preview of the dirt schedule and started the rumor that there was no pavement on that schedule which was true. Remember USAC made a seperate Pavement and dirt Championship last year and both races where on one schedule. This year USAC put out seperate schedules cause not everybody is a dirt racer so they could plan their season.