Originally Posted by racerjim2:
Let's face the facts here....there's just more hillbilly late model people in the world than there are sophisicated open wheel people.

**** Bubba!! for once I've been left speechless lol...I'll have to pretend the guy at the midget week race at Bloomington I seen with no teeth and a wife that looked like she belonged on "Cops" was a figment of my imagination. Sophistication at it's finest!
seriously though, why would a promoter take a chance on a huge huge race when he can usually get the same cast of characters for a "decent" paying race. if I'm a promoter and I can get stanbrough, clauson, jones, short...etc for a show that pays 2-3k to win rather than 10,000 to win, I think I'll be taking the safest route in the checkbook.
with late models, guys that run both traveling series (Lucas oil, WoO) won't run anywhere else that pays less than $7,000 to win unless it's right in their backyard. look at Kent Robinson from Bloomington, he runs with the WoO and will run a race at Florence or brownstown because it's right here in his backyard, but he's sticking to races that pay $7,000 to win or more
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