At our last race we had a team race with us from the 602 crate class at Ohsweken Speedway. The team is a complete rookie team to sprint cars but they did very well. Unfortunately the young man driving backed it into the wall but prior to that in hot laps and his heat race he was keeping up with the 360's that were there. Up here apparently a 602 crate engine ready to race is around $8500.00 CAN funds. It is an affordable way to get into the sport for sure. Once you take the wings off they are quite competitive against larger engines with the right track conditions. I think they'd do very well on tracks that typically go dry slick. Personally it makes me sad to see sprint car racing heading this way as I feel a sprint car is and should be the most hairiest car anyone could ever get into and try to turn left with. If a sprint car's power doesn't leave you awe struck why get in it? There is though the reality that the economic world crash isn't over yet (may never be with the existing world leaders we all put up with) and people want to race, period. So more affordable lower powered cars that cost less to build and field are now gaining prominence. I don't know what the answer is. If you could get one track to have an economy class to start with that might be the way to go. Some track that doesn't have sprint cars already. It's not that hard really to get dates to put on a race, it's getting enough teams or wannabe racers to take your concept to heart and build cars so you can produce entertainment for the fans.