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I'd say if you are on this message board it's a way of life. Non-profit for who?
I like photography, but I still have a real job. Let's not stick to fancy catchphrases, those of us in the real world realize passion doesn't pay the bills. There is a reason Gordon, Stewart, Newman, Kahne, Yeley, Leffler, Stenhouse, and Whitt don't race in USAC anymore.
I'd say the original poster was implying they could do a better job of covering their events. Some of the comments are implying that other racing series do a much better job of promoting their events. It's not a secret that USAC could do a better job. Relying on their history alone isn't going to last too long.
If you think twitter is ridiculous, that's alright. It's a great way for a series to interact with and build fans who have disposable income and 20-30 years of racing left in them. This will help the health of the sport, which will help the older fans. Right or wrong some of you would agree. I've always felt (whether you hate wings or not) that nonwing cars (or traditional cars, if you can't get over change) have too little room for sponsors on them. I don't want the cars to change, so they need another way to reach out to people. Besides people on this board, who knows anything about USAC. Everyone knows Steve Kinser drives the No. 11, John Force drives a Castrol Mustang, but who knows anything about USAC? Dave Darland is a well known racer, but I still think there should be an easily identifiable car number associated with him. These are simple trivial things that say a lot about the health of non-wing racing.
USAC acts like a regional series with some national events, so I'm not sure if they want to be a national one. Before you press that ignore button and go all SuperD@$@ on me, just think about whether you want USAC to grow or allow the racers to earn a better living allowing them to stay with the series. I got to see Bryan Clauson win his first USAC Sprint car race (I live in Canada, and can't be in Indiana for all the great racing you guys see). Yet I almost expect to see him leave short track racing to race in the big leagues. Is that what we really want? Cole Whitt is doing great in the trucks, but has no crossover appeal as he only races 25-30 times a year, Stenhouse is leading the Nationwide points, and never straps into a sprinter anymore.
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