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Originally Posted by oppweld
Non wing AKA real sprint cars have no identity to the common person. One thing Ole Ted did was create a brand.
You show someone who doesn't follow racing a picture of a Wing Sprint they usually say "oh that's one of those Outlaws!" Most people don't know the real cars exist! What's the answer, either attract big sponsors to help propel the sport financially to attract more full time and multiple car teams or grow the fan base.
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This exactly. If i'm wearing a winged sprint car shirt in public, the response is usually. "Is that a sprint car?" or "Is that an Outlaw?" If I wear a shirt of a non wing sprint car, the response usually is. "What is that on your shirt?" When I say a sprint car, the response usually is "no it's not, that's some type of dune buggy. Sprint cars have wings."
Non wings/actual sprint cars don't get marketed enough to the general public. Same with midgets. Anymore though most the time if any type of sprint cars or midgets get any headlines in the news or anything. It's usually, we lost someone.
Personally I love non wing and midgets way over any winged stuff. I started racing mini sprints with wings, second year we raced at end of the year we took the wings off for the first time. Ever since then the last 6 years, I usually only race the wings if it's close by. I'll travel 300-400+ mile round trip to go race non wing, but never winged.