The point of the 305 "Winged" car is to provide a stepping stone to the more skilled driven 410. I believe everyone on here will agree that it requires more driving skill to pilot a non-wing car. With that said, yes wings are a little costly if you go over, but what I have followed this season shows that most "winged" shows produce less flipped cars than "non-wing"..... (Again , just from the events I've been at). With that stat in mind wings to start these entry level cars assists the driver in controlling the car a bit, thus allowing them to learn the car and makes for a "potentially" safer situation. I agree with "ecrouse" on the points made. If your looking for that series with those extremely advanced maneuvers for position, I would hope you would be watching the USAC or MSCS series..... In my opinion, if someone is capable of driving at that level, hopefully they wouldn't be "cherry picking" in this series. Jmo