That's kind of the point... Affordability is relative. If the costs are close though, (and I think they are), why wouldn't I run micros? I can run with POWRi, plus run 10 good money shows for the same cost. And be certain I'm not going to show up for a car count of 12... Or less. I guess if the purse means nothing to you, and you can 'afford' to run without it, then that's fine. Between the negativity that engine rules are already receiving, and the lack of a purse decent enough to pull away some owners from other classes, D2 will not thrive. It may survive, but I don't think it will ever see the car counts that micros and even national midgets are getting. It was (and still is) a solid concept, but I think the pendulum has swung too far in the opposite direction from national midgets toward absolute affordability for all. It would have been an excellent platform for a ladder system: ->micros ->D2 -> national midgets or sprints.