[racefan20]

The local tracks cant all shut down everytime USAC runs anywhere close. People had problems with the local tracks running against the Knoxville Cornbelt nationals last year and it was hundreds of miles away. Lets face facts 85-90% of the cars running local shows would not have run the USAC race because they wouldnt be competitive so why waste their time(and those precious $$). If they dont go to the local tracks they wont get good enough to move up the ladder to USAC. The USAC schedule as it stands now has 21 races in Indiana and 13 in the other 49 states. So you want the other tracks to go dark on those 21 dates(oh and 3 other nights at Eldora too)? I was at Paragon tonight saw a pretty good race, there was a good crowd and I think its pretty safe to say that there was only 1 sprint car driver there that may have run Plymouth, and he wasnt even driving. TMez was turning wrenches for Ricky Lewis in his other car. ALL of the promoters need to run their tracks to make $$ otherwise we wont have many choices of races to go to