Originally Posted by Slider20:
95% of local, self funded teams are not going to haul 7 hours to race a half mile track in which they have an undoubtedly slim chance of winning or even making the show. It's common sense for these guys to go race at Putnamville. It's that cut and dry, not sure why people can't wrap their heads around that. I don’t think you are taking away any cars from Knoxville as most of these MSCS guys weren’t even planning on going there to begin with.
I’m not saying you aren’t correct, but why does the Knoxville Nationals annually draw close to 100 cars? There are cars that come in from the California, NY, PA and other states that are local and are way more than 7 hrs. away from Knoxville. Many of these cars rarely race more than 100 miles from their home. Unless some of the entrants live in a fantasy world, most of the cars that show up HAVE to know they have no chance of advancing out the C main. If I’m not mistaken, 5th place in last year’s Knoxville Nationals C main (the first place not to advance) paid $2000. That would not pay the fuel bill for the hauler from CA to IA and back.