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Originally Posted by ThrowbackRacingTeam
It is a bit disappointing to see that CRA booked against this. Back in the day the best California guys came out to run the Nationals and I'm guessing CRA/ Ascot didn't book against it. Maybe the owners told USAC they weren't coming out either way so why not have a race at home. It's also disappointing to see that they are running their weekly winged 410's with this too. They should offer them points to run in the non-wing program. That would add a few more cars. It seems like Knoxville was almost all in on this but not quite. I'm not sure that's good enough but it is a step in the right direction. Hopefully they have sense enough to prep the track with non-wing racing in mind. What I saw there last Saturday isn't going to cut it. Hard slick in hot laps will not showcase what non-wing cars can do and only make them look slow compared to wing cars. But, I'm sure there are forces there that will want just that so the local program doesn't get upstaged. We'll see. Definitely excited for this rare opportunity to see the non-wing cars at the Mecca of sprint car racing! Putnamville will have them the next week and the week after that and the week after that.......
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I highly doubt any of the local wing guys would take their wings off to run this. RJ Johnson offered up a car but then had the other RJ Johnson pilot it correct? That's the only local car to the best of my knowledge that has taken a wing off. Track prep shouldn't be an issue at all. Knoxville has one of the best, if not the best, track prep crews in the country and their dirt is great. They had it juiced up in 17' and good in 18' as well. Knoxville wants this race to succeed, so some conspiracy about not wanting to upstage it's regular program is laughable.