No. No. Don't remove it. That would be the easy way out.

Time for me to chime in.

First off, I want to state that like dirt non-wing sprints. I like Silver Crown. I like midgets. Remember that from this line on down.

As for your initial post on this thread, you are boasting Davey Hamilton being a good thing for USAC. Okay, I'll buy in on that. But when you post a link that uses the terms "improving", "making better", and "USAC" in the same context, you are going to get an argument, it is going to be a good one, and it is going to get heated real fast.

USAC absolutely DESTROYED the Silver Crown Series. DESTROYED. They bought into NASCAR and were so stupid that they never even got kissed while they were being screwed.

USAC let the pavement sprints rot on the vine. ROT ON THE VINE. Blame it on the economy, blame it on Winchester trying to pave a track and change owners (losing the best track they had), blame it on what you want. ROTTED ON THE VINE. Inept foresight. They had SO many fans in 1992.

USAC has done about..... oh....... lets be nice and say they have done NOTHING to promote midgets. NOTHING. Enter POWRi midgets. USAC is lucky Wisconsin is far enough away that the Badger Midgets cannot run in Indiana weekly. Indiana is unlucky for that.

So, all three of the aforementioned divisions - BANG! BANG ! BANG! Shot dead. Well.... two are nearly dead. Only one (pavement sprints) were confirmed by the coroner (fans) a few years ago.

Now, USAC is going to basically take over AVSS. Well that's great. Just great. USAC fans are generally anti-wing. This just looks like another mess coming up. I will have to hand it to Davey Hamilton to get his winged sprints thing in there and grab some cash to boot. He isn't as slick as Gene Simmons was with the IRL, but I still have to hand it to hi to get something for himself up front.

Want to talk dirt sprints? Let's go. A great series! Great cars! We all love it here! I love it. You love it. He loves it. She loves it. But where is the promotion?

Go to a WoO race and they have maybe 13-14-15 cars touring all year long. The rest are locals joining the show - filling out the field. But everywhere they race, the joint is PACKED. PACKED! People KNOW what a WoO show is.

Another point - I went down to East Bay a few weeks ago and ASCS had 67 cars there. 67! When was the last time you saw 67 USAC sprinters in the pits - ON A THURSDAY NIGHT? Hell, the All Stars outdraw USAC! Even outside of Ohio. Guy Webb or not. Now, with Stewart owning/promoting it, THAT gap will only widen.

Kokomo, Bloomington, Lawrenceburg, and Gas City (the past few years) have CARRIED non-wing dirt sprints in Indiana. Not USAC - Kokomo, Bloomington, Lawrenceburg, and Gas City with their weekly shows. You can pitch the USAC ball but I am not going to swing at it.

There are a couple of guys on this thread that when they speak, you ought to listen to them - Tom Paterson and Team 3521. These two guys have a vested interest in pavement sprint racing. Whether they are pro or con with respect to your post, stop and listen to them. They are both good guys.

But my point here is, when you post something with a link, that link is open for all to comment. I like my non winged sprints as much as my winged sprints, but I will not drink the USAC Kool-Aid, nor will I push the USAC "I Believe" button.

I wish Davey Hamilton the best, but the initial poster has to realize that said post has a lot more than "USAC is so smart - Let's clap for Davey!"

Money distribution and payment to the heads of the board aside.

In conclusion, four things:

1) DESTROYED
2) LET DIE ON THE VINE
3) CANNOT/WILL NOT PROMOTE
4) And now they are taking on winged pavement sprints

I am out of breath.

As one would say on Robin Miller's racer.com column - Thanks for the rant.