from toprowjim: they tried starters back during the ESPN Thunder days at that time starters added one thousand dollars to the price of the cars, maybe today starters could be made cheaper, it also added weight to the cars and rules had to change to accommodate that/ still some cars their starter didn't work and they had to be pushed off and a penalty was assessed sending that car to the back of the pack to start/ as a traditionalist I like things the way they are, changes for safety are good but once you start changing things then next thing you know we wind up with a car that looks like that "Gold Crown" thing they tried!