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Originally Posted by Jonr
The series. When you look at the health of all of the series, SC is the one that is struggling the most. Within a Niche sport, SC is an even more unique Niche.
I know that many on this board have a large romance with this series, but there is absolutely no growth for this series. It struggles with the dates that it has. There is only one group that sanctions this class. There is zero "outlaw" or "local" racing happening. It does not have a marquee event that is a bucket list event. (Knoxville Nationals, Chili Bowl, etc) It does not have a speed week. There is nothing that it has that generates any interest other than it's long history.
I firmly believe that USAC would be better suited to retire this series and give their dates to the sprint cars and midgets.
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Almost ALL the races are marquee events!
THAT Sumar Classic
Toledo, OH Rollie Beale Classic
Winchester, IN Rich Vogler Classic
IRP Hoosier Hundred
Springfield, IL Bettenhausen 100
Du Quoin, IL Ted Horn 100
Rossburg, OH 4-Crown Nationals
Not to mention other races at major tracks like Gateway, Port Royal, Bellville, Kansas State Fairgrounds, Brownsburg & Salem!
This series prepares drivers that do move "up" about running longer events and how a car changes through-out.
Does there need to be something to draw more interest? Likely that is the case for every racing series...
Getting guys like RTJ to run (other thread) could help.