I know USAC told a couple of drivers that they'd be penalized for running North Vernon. DD being one of them. My question is this;

When you drive race cars for a living and a sanctioning body says no go on running a non sanctioned event, does the sanctioning body provide the driver with a stipend for not running ? It just seems to me that if you want drivers to race just for you, that they deserve something in return. In these tough economic times ,it has to be hard to turn down a shot at $3000 .