It’s pretty simple actually. The population is larger within a two hour radius of Harrisburg than a two hour radius of Indy. Secondly as has been discussed before, the average age of the fans doesn’t increase much at all here in Pa. The age out there keeps going up. Those two factors alone are huge. They pay a lot of money here in Pa and don’t need a sanction to do it. WoO and ASCoC are here a lot yes, but the majority of the season regular payouts here would make Indiana promoters close up. It always comes back to money. Fred Rahmer said way back in the 90s, “sure racing on the outlaw tour would be nice and could win some big money, but why do it? The money offered in Pa is great and you can sleep in your own bed.” He put triplets thru college just racing here. In central pa sprint car racing is a way of life for a lot of people. I live 15 miles north of Philadelphia and 16 miles from the Turnpike bridge to NJ. It used to be if you lived here sprint cars sucked and our big block mods reigned supreme. Unfortunately a bunch of tracks closed around here and the sprint car tracks still run weekly. Population and age are the two biggest differences between Pa and In. Oh yeah and riding on Americas first super highway the Pa turnpike is also a bonus! (humor)