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Originally Posted by jjones752
All true Danny, but I was thinking of the "Modern Era"; back then if you were a shoe, you ran Midgets, Sprint Cars, Champ Cars, Stock Cars and if you were a REAL shoe you ran TransAm and Can-Am or Le Mans. If you were Parnelli you threw in Baja. In this age of specialization people make a big deal when Kurt Busch runs Indy but those guys went back & forth all the time, not to mention the Allisons, Cale Yarbrough & LeRoy Yarborough. I don't think anybody wrote articles about "losing" Gary B. to NASCAR when he drove Matadors for Roger...
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This is SPOT on!
But the difference between then and now is greed! Way more of it!
I would drive for free if I had my expenses paid. Most owners now don't pay to drive but collect to drive.
And if the truth was told, I'm sure Kurt brought a pretty nice chunk of change with him for Indy last year. Maybe from a sponsor, but there was money involved no doubt!