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Who was missing during Indiana Sprintweek last year?
I'm telling you that it is VERY close competition when you have guys on that level. In a stacked USAC heat race, it would be hard to do a whole lot from back in the pack. Local or MSCS races have slow guys who act as traffic to make it interesting coming through the pack in heat races.
I've seen a lot of USAC races over the past fifteen years and it has only gotten better and better. Right now, I think the racing is as good as I've seen. The races almost always have battles at the front, there is plenty of competition deep into the pack, and the preliminary events are good because it is tough just to make the feature on most nights.
The only change I would ever make is to follow something closer to the CRA format to make sure guys who transfer from the B Main cannot start at the front of the pack. But otherwise, they would be stupid to make any changes. Again, I have nothing against local shows as I love them too and go to watch a bunch of them during the year, but there needs to be a difference. Please don't mess with the things that make it the best form of racing on the planet, especially when there are plenty of things that could use some work to make sure it thrives for many more years...
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