Originally Posted by Rhody:
Ah the old "USAC guys show the wing guys how to get it done" fantasy. Which ignores that many of the drivers held up as examples started in wing cars, went to USAC, dominated, and returned to wing cars. Don't forget Brad Sweet, you guys had him to for a while, so beat your chest that a non wing guy is a 3 time WoO champion. The non wing superiority crowd are as bad as the old Posse crowd on hoseheads.
Way to twist what I said to strictly Wing NW and that we hate one another. By that measure I guess them thousands of laps in quarter midgets and karts were winged too?
Im saying the USAC has launched careers and if WoO is the Career, So be it. But so many (With tons of Non wing and midget experience) went on to even bigger things and some beat the WoO at their own game. Blaney is the only one I can think of that was full time WoO that had major success elsewhere. I know Gravel ran a crown race and did well. I just like divirsity. Always said a good caution free Winged race is as good as any other. But the heats with exceptions are ten cars qualifying with little chance at advancing.
I used to eat it up. Went to about ten kings royals, the Doty's went to attica, freemont. limaland. Ohio Sprint week. Eldora anniversary races. HBO's. Then it struck me, Speed isn't everything. I've been to dozens of USAC shows where the third row won a heat or finished second with many of them being three of the four heats that had that happen.
Others said, WoO is marketed better. Guess so, A third of the cost of a show is marketing. USAC maybe 10%