They didnt have 200+ cars at the first Chili Bowl or 100 + cars at the first Knoxville nationals. Give it time, if it is worth repeating it will continue but you cant expect to have an iconic race right out of the chute, it just doesnt work that way. You also cant expect a promoter to just walk away from his most successful weekend of the year because there is a big race 3 states away for what you call "the good of the sport". Joe runs a business and he should do what is right for his business. The USAC races on that weekend have been close to if not the highest attended races USAC ran the past several years and they had equally high crowds the next night when MSCS sanctioned. Doesnt make sense for him to walk away from that.