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Meanwhile, the car counts from the 1999 Turkey Night to 2008 and the 2000 Night Before the 500 (I couldn't find '99 results) both went up. Those races are on pavement, which we would all agree has been worse in terms of rising costs.
Now, instead of making these statistics say something that isn't really true, I would just ask that we try to figure out why these problems haven't affected these large pavement races. I mean, Turkey Night had 64 cars this past year!!
Tires are worse on the pavement side, correct? So what I ask is, why are these races (and pavement midget counts are up or holding steady in general throughout) doing well? Why are IMW car counts good? Why is the Chili Bowl bigger than ever? And why is the Hut Hundred almost dead (and I can tell you, they won't have any cars this year, either)? Why is Badger hurting? Quite frankly, you don't need a high-dollar USAC competitive car to be tough with Badger, so why is the count going down?
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