I remember this whole debate last year, and I'm sure somebody could find that thread. The bottom line is simple, certain teams aren't gonna spend that much money going to the smackdown to run against guys that have a trailer full of new tires and an actual crew of guys working on their car. For us, it's just me and my son working on our car, and just like alot of guys, we have spent every dime we can scrape up just trying to get to the track. So, the Kokomo car count would not have went up by our car attending this year even if Paragon, LPS, and Clay County all were shut down this weekend. So that argument might be the case for some teams, but not ours........