On my way to work this morning I was enjoying the podcast with Tyler Burnett and Dylan Welch, 2 wonderful racing personalities with ties to USAC. One of them asked, and I’m not saying this is exact quote, but “how many championships for Brady?” This becomes kind of a default question as more and more of our favorite wingless racers look for shade. This question was posed during the episode that featured Big Daddy Windom. He was saying he might not run full time USAC sprint next year but will pursue more wings. Think about this for a minute. We already know Courtney is going to do a lot of wings, CJ was shown to have interests with an Alex Bowman wing car, Carson Short going winging. So what do we have left? Think about this when many of you think local racing is more important than getting more eyeballs on big paying non wing national events!
I LOVE non-winged sprint cars! I’ll start with that! But I can’t blame these young drivers for looking to go winged racing. They are trying to earn a living as a racer. FAST on Dirt, which is primarily Attica and Fremont speeds in Ohio pays $3000 to win for a weekly show, and the Pennsylvania tracks pay $3000 or $4000 to win depending upon the track. Most IN non-wing tracks pay $1500 to $2000 to win. Add in the Kings Royal, the Knoxville Nationals and the Williams Grove National Open, all winged races, and there is way more money making potential in winged sprint car racing than non-winged.
Originally Posted by cowboyhar69:
And Clausen Marshall Racing announced tonight that they will run the All Star circuit in 2021 with Tyler Courtney
Wow. I can totally understand the $$$ issue, but he's right at the top of wingless & still learning with the wing, not really a contender yet.
I much prefer to see him without a wing.... oh well
Originally Posted by revjimk:
Wow. I can totally understand the $$$ issue, but he's right at the top of wingless & still learning with the wing, not really a contender yet.
I much prefer to see him without a wing.... oh well
I think non-wing is the purest racing there is, but the money and acclaim are on the winged side, and that is growing fast currently. I think Courtney and Windom feel the need to prove they can perform over there.
Tyler improved a lot last year, and with Reutzel gone and more PA guys perhaps staying home to chase increased money there, I can see him running top five with ASCoC somewhat regularly. He'll probably be inconsistent, but if this is his goal, he needs a lot of seat time and All Stars is probably the right level for him at this time.
