Knoxville did not start out paying $150,000 to win. In fact at one time the one day King's Royal paid more. One thing that got Knoxville to grow is everyone was there. the other thing is no one scheduled against it. Where are MOWA, the All Stars, IRA, running this weekend? Pennsylvania doesn't schedule big races against it, and how far away is that? That is the way events grow. There are guys that have no chance of winning that go just to be part of it and hope to make the A, and make more money than they normally do. How many tracks in Ohio run sprints on against the King's Royal? That is what keeps non wing paying less. Even though I could care less either way, I believe Knoxville also has a tire rule. As far as drivers skipping to run wings, I checked the results and neither broke the bank off winnings. They may have done well on merchandise, even though now the Outlaws are cracking down non members selling at races. Just my thought.