Ok.Im going to try my hand at this again.First,I will say,do I agree with Don most of the time?No.But there are thing's I do agree with.Im 35 now.On Feb. 1st.When I was a kid there was midget races everywhere with good car counts.With that being said,time has evolved and so has the cost.I agree if you cant afford it dont try it.I raced micro's for 3 years and now Im going to run maybe 6 races because I cant afford it and a family to.Nobodys fault but mine becuse I dont have a good enough job to afford it.Keep that in mind.We are in the same boat as Don.No sponsors just out of pocket.We do have a little tire deal with the "purple tire group" which we didnt even know about till last year.But,we half to buy at least 10 tires a year.Which at the end of last year we bought 6-7 left and right rear's.Not the softest (10) because we couldnt afford to burn them up in one race evening but we bought 15's.And one 20 I believe.So this year both track's went to a 40 durometer right rear which would be a 25 hoosier (and sometimes thats not safe) so a 30 to be safe.We can use the left rears we bought last year but the rights seem to be out.Unless we travel maybe to Illinois or Michigan,Kentucky.Or there may be Salem or Linton in Southern Indiana Im not aware of there rules yet.But Linton runs on friday night.So I would half to leave work by 11 or noon to make it.That is why we havent went yet.I however do believe that there is alot of people that cant be on the usac midget or sprint car schedule.Should they change it.No.The ones that can do it do it and I have no complaints because I go watch them.Should they be cheaper than sprint cars since they are the "stepping stone".Dont know.That is a matter of opinion.So since Ive did all this typing as well as everyone else what do you believe the answer is?Can you take a sealed motor like the focus series and put spec tires on the right rear that are marked for each night?Or do you just run what shows you can afford to run and let all the race teams that can afford to run,run.I personally just go with running the shows I can and the rest of the time drink beer and eat hot dogs with everyone else.It isnt going to change over one person.Or even 6 people.Racing will be racing,its never been real cheap and never will be.So it will be the way it is or someone will start a poor mans racing series.Either way,Ill still be a race fan.