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The difference between a USAC show with 45 cars and a local or MSCS show with 45 cars - would you rather see that field separated by three-quarters of a second or a second and a half?
That's what sets USAC apart in my eyes. Tracy Hines in the NQ Race at Gas City. B Mains that are just absolutely stacked. Heat races where fast guys start at the back and have to race like their asses are on fire just to transfer.
Too often in local or MSCS races with high car counts, I see contenders crashed out, or left out in the cold on a narrow track, or one guy starting on the front of a heat and drawing the front row of the feature to win without doing passing anybody because of a good pill draw.
Now, while I say that, I still really like to see those races when I am not at a USAC race, and I've seen plenty of GREAT local and MSCS races...
All I know is that I went to the first race at North Vernon this year. It was a pretty good race, with about six guys who were capable of winning on the night. At Brownstown, I saw a GREAT race with possible winners having to fight out of a non-qualifier's race, and then through a heat race, and one guy actually came from 20th to 5th in the B. And that's BEFORE the feature even starts....it's not even a debate for me!
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