Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - Kyle Larson & Brad Sweet NEW HighLimits Sprint Car Series $$

Will Shunk (Offline)
#13 7/13/22 9:23 PM

Originally Posted by ThrowbackRacingTeam:
Not a fan of this. Coming from two guys who used USAC racing to launch their careers and now use their resources to support winged racing? Almost as bad as Tony Stewart owning the Gall Stars and Eldora and hardly booking any USAC races there. Be careful what you wish for folks, I witnessed non-wing sprints die out in Iowa and almost completely died out in Indiana in the mid to late 80’s. It can happen. Look where they’re having the first race! Putnamville Indiana. Putnamville was one of the last holdouts for non-wing in the 80’s. And this is where they do this. Screw those guys. Wings suck!

You may be absolutely correct regarding the demise of non wing racing due to reasonable purse structures and payouts in the wing world. I am a staunch supporter of non wing sprint car racing for 50 years +. Their careers were launched in winged outlaw karts in CA, not USAC. When the path to Indy dried up, so did $ and stars running USAC as a career. USAC has been a rung on the career ladder for at least 30 years. Non wing sprint shows at Eldora have been generally snoozers since humper tires and dry slick was necessary to keep the cars and drivers on the racing surface. They simply do not draw fans to Eldora anymore so Tony runs what people want to see. Our ONLY hope is Brad and Kyle build in a couple of Indiana non wing shows for variety during the 2023 or 2024 season. In a free market economy, butts in the seats and eyes on FLO will determine the life expectancy of our non wing sprint car future.

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