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DAD (Offline)
#31 5/10/12 6:59 PM

Originally Posted by Jonr:
In the niche sports world of dirt track racing, Silver Crown cars are truely a niche class. While they may be the link to the past and the last link to the Indy 500, there is a reason that this series is on the downturn. While you claim there are 50-75 dirt cars out there, there is only five dirt tracks on the schedule this year. The entire Silver crown schedule consist of a 9 race schedule. It is easy to see why the owners of these cars are not excited about putting the money into the cars.

I watched my first Silver Crown race on a mile track last year. I was glad that I was able to watch the Silver Crown cars race because it is a link to the past. However, as a die-hard race car fan, I was not blown away. If I had to prioritze my spending money on what shows I wanted to see, Silver Crown would be towards the very bottom of the list. While it is easy to blame USAC and the promoters for the current situation, the truth is that people vote by putting the butts in the seats. There is not a lot of fan demand for silver crown cars. If there was, more promoters would be running them.

One race, I guess you missed the old 270 Offy's big old throaty exhaust, the 4 cam Ford's scream and guys running two and three abreast inches apart from each other side by side and having the rear ends backed in so far that they were headed down the back stretch by the time they were half way through one of them long old turns. Not every big car race is exciting but once you have watched one you would get hooked for life just like a "junkie" just thinking about the next great race . Once upon a time there were great drivers and great cars, I think they can be just around the corner if "CHAMP CARS" come back. You really don't know what you have missed if you think one race is enough to make your mind up.

Honest Dad himself

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