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Originally Posted by BrentTFunk
It happens everywhere. Anywhere a lower class of Sprints pop up guys drop down a class, costs go up, and the product gets diluted. Casual fans walk away and never return. Not enough people go to the races, tracks close. No one ever learns.
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I'm going to disagree with you on this one. We started a 305 class at Jacksonville as a stepping stone to the 410/MOWA car. It has worked at getting new people into the sport. While we rarely have more than 10-12 305's we can count on, it's getting new people into a sprint car and they ultimately end up in a 410. Each year it seems like we lose 1 or 2 guys to the 410 - which is a good thing. 2 guys have stepped down from a 410 to 305 - both of which were going to park their 410 and be done. One hadn't raced for several years prior to getting back into driving with the 305. The rest are guys.. or gals... that probably never would have owned a sprint car. They race it a year or two, and buy a 410 as well, and hopefully give up the 305 when they are running near the front of a 410 race.
Not only are there 6 or 7 race-ready 305's in shops around Springfield that would have otherwise never had a sprint car in them... sitting on the floor next to a couple of them are now 410 motors that are starting to get used.