I say take DO's format and make one small change, dump USAC. ISW was started by some Indiana dirt tracks. It's a shame that the drivers who compete every week on those ISW tracks can't afford to run all the ISW shows.

I talked to several drivers in the last week about this very thing. I was told that with a USAC license or TP, plus $35 pit passes with entry is runs about $300-$400 just to race, plus you have to have a HANS.

I have been a USAC fan since the first time I went to the Hut 100 in 1960. I have been to hundreds of USAC shows, promoted USAC shows and even broadcasted USAC events around the country.

I just think that Indiana Sprint Week should be an Indiana Sprint Week not USAC Sprint Week in Indiana.

Take the ten or so tracks that want a ISW date and agree not to run sprint cars on those dates. The tracks that run sprint cars everyweek choose the weekend dates first with the remaining dates picked out of a hat.

Take DO's format with a USAC type payout. Fans complain about support classes, well how about non wing sprint cars as a support class. I am saying pay $5000 to win to the top 24 in the first feature, $1000 to win in the next feature for the next 24 and $500 to win for the remainder of cars. Everyone runs a feature. Charge a $25 entry to each race and pay it all out plus any sponsor money to the point fund.

Charge $25 admission with an advanced reserved seat sale "super ticket" for $200 good for all ten events. Indiana Sprint Weeks offers some great promotional opportuinties for some Indiana companies.

Lets get our guys who keep the local tracks in business running the big events too. The local racers and fans they bring keep the tracks in business. ISW helps keep USAC in business. If you need USAC's magic wand for the event, then let them put their name on it like they do the "Little 500' that was also around long before USAC got involved.

Track owners do not need USAC to bring a dozen officials or to tell them when to water or to rework the track.

It is a shame that the guys who race everyweek on the same ISW dirt tracks like can't even race on what is the biggest race of the year at most of the tracks.

There are lots of suggestions on how to change the ISW format posted. Well Jerry Coons Jr. said on DO's show last Monday that when the standard USAC format is changed it can have an effect on the USAC National Championship. He's right

I am a huge fan of Dave Darland but last year Jon Stanbrough lost the ISW title to Dave because Dave got the USAC provisional and Jon did not.

Let's go racing and put the USAC fee's in the drivers pockets.

Just my thoughts.

Roger Hughes