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Originally Posted by captrat
Painful and far too common. Scheduling against major events and other tracks is near epidemic. Those who are familiar with what happened to post WW II midget racing can see many similarities. Too many tracks, sanctioning bodies all vying for the same competitors and fans is not a good plan for the future. Over saturation in all current sports is problematic. Things become too commonplace and lose their unique appeal.
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Let's be clear here. This was already an established event. And a successful one. In this case, USAC pulled out of their night of the Bill Gardner Sprintacular and scheduled this event against it. That was fully their right to do so. But, no reasonable person would expect MSCS or Joe Spiker to either cancel their event or be forced to move it to a different date. Out there, they'll have all the USAC regular stars and the POWRi WAR Series, so there's enough of a lineup for a great race and car count. And there's going to be enough super drivers back here to provide us with a hell of an MSCS triple header racing weekend. There's enough really good, competitive local teams in this area that live, race and survive on a budget. It just doesn't make sense to expect a lot of those teams to pull their operation 350 miles to take on the top flight national teams, on a big, fast half mile oval. The same principle that always applies when the racing goes to the Action Track.
Jerry