Originally Posted by ThrowbackRacingTeam:
As long as we're changing all the rules let's get rid of down tubes and all the ugly body work on the side if the cages and open up the **** pits! You may laugh but we had ten times the amount of fans talk to us afterwards in the pits than we ever did once we switched to the modern style. The show is for the fans not the owners or sanctioning body. You have to keep in mind the crowd you're playing to or they'll just stop coming. I know I don't get as excited about going to see them as I used to for asthetic reasons alone. Then throw in dismal car counts and the same three USAC guys always win and it just isn't a must see for me like it used to be and that's depressing. As a competitor I'm willing to run the car however the fans like but I'm about the only one left and I don't have a ride now because most of the owners either quit or are too old or dead. Not enough new ones to replace the oldtimers from the 50's and 60's. USAC needs to seriously reform midget rules but they won't because they think it'll be fine again when the economy comes back. Good luck with that.
I dont agree with losing the downtubes, but the rest of your thinking is like mine. My car was originally without downtubes and all I could see happening was me laying on it's side in the middle of the track and have someone hit the cage in the front. With downtubes the force gets skipped over the cage, without your cage can be sheared off. I'd probley still like modifieds if it wasnt for all the bodywork, sail panels, ect.