If you go back far in time. ASA promoted sprint car racing and the little 500. ASA was like the woo, was run by one guy. Rex Robbins and his family. He got old, sold off the sanctioning body. With some bad timing, bad management. The club went down hill. Also a lot of the stars of asa got old, stopped racing. Mike Eddy, Dick Trickle, Butch Miller, Bob Senneker. Also had a few young guns that I don't remember what ever happened to them, Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace.
Growing up in Michigan, the club was the bench mark for pavement racing in the area. They set the rules that others followed. Like the woo does now. Having an ASA race at your local track back then was like having an WOO, Usac come to your local track now. Big crowds and a lot of good drivers.
Sorry to get off track from where this post started. My Neighbor was crew chief for ASA and ARCA back then. He like to chat about the good old days. lol ASA was like the allstars now, some middle level teams stayed there, others moved up ARCA, like some teams move up to WOO. Johnny Benson is an example of someone that did that.