Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - K. Miller's USAC announcement

BrentTFunk (Offline)
#31 7/10/15 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
I don't like the personal attacks on the board and its the reason I know a couple dozen that no longer post. Right or wrong or only half right, They should be able to say it.

If a major league manager team stinks for several years or continuously declines, Is it not the manager who gets the criticism or the axe? Like it or not, Miller is the Manager and other than recently SC has been in decline for about six years. Yeah, some of its totally beyond his control. The economy took a dump etc. But some of it is.

I really don't think some people, Even some who claim to be IN THE KNOW get it. Its not the ONE 30k-50k motor, Its the fact to run the whole series competitively you'll need two or three of em in-case one takes a dump, probably two chassis and a spare. Be able to bolt a new tire on every night and sometimes wear three of em totally out in one night and be ready the next night.

Making one tire brand sure helps USAC's coffers but what about the racer who has AR sponsorship and can get em at 75 bucks a tire? He now has to pay the 150 the mandated brand is asking. Even if its a tad off retail. They're still losing.

Miller was hired to fix the finance of USAC get that on stable ground. Id say he's done that. However, Has the product suffered? theres only one answer DEFINITELY.

Charles, I go to a lot more USAC races than you. I think the product is better than it was when Miller took over. The Silver Crown series crashed before he took over. Midgets are not that strong anywhere. A POWRI, USAC, and Badger race last week at Sun Prairie had 24 cars. I think that works out to 8 cars per group, but is tough to say since several of the teams just race. As for tires, I don't know of any major sanctioning body in any form that does not have a tire rule. Indycar, Nascar, WoO, All stars. The sprints are running more races since 1974. I don't see the product is suffering. 50 car fields will never sustain themselves, because the same guys load up early and decide it is no fun.

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