We should not be surprised at a major change happening right before the season starts. The tracks do not and have not cared about the racers for a long time going back to the beginning of the spec tire mess in 2007. I all boils down to all of the tracks becoming greedy and what is in it for them. They say its for the points fund, well I don't points race any longer and when a track only pays the top 5 where is the incentive to race under this type of rule every week. At this point in the year teams are ready for the season and have set a budget for what they need to run the year. Now you say well now you have to buy specific brand tires to be able to run is crazy. I just priced tires at Hoosier and almost passed out at the price. For a team running a limited schedule they are ridiculous in price. This rule would make me have to buy tires that at this time I do not need, how stupid can they be. I can say if this is what they want to do it will hopefully bite them in the rear. In 17 years of racing a sprintcar I have never seen a change this late in the year right before season starts. It seems very underhanded and insulting to smaller teams that want to race but do not get to spend someone else's money and have a budget to run the season on. If they do not want the local small teams they are doing everything they can to not have them. It is sad that what was a hot bed of outlaw non wing racing has turned into NASCAR.