[Chuck]

Do you stop them in the IRL,ARCA,and so on. Good drivers are like cream they will come to the top or in this case front. Money is always the name of the game no matter what game you play.
Chuck

[Dick Monahan]

Simple solution: Ban power steering. Of course, narrow hard tires would help, too.

Dick.

[AERO410SCJA]

Great then we would have "ROIDS" in racing:kookoo2:

[Kirk Spridgeon]

I agree with you, but from their point of view, most of the time renting a deal out with them is cheaper than starting up the operation yourself. Especially for next year, with just seven pavement sprint car races, would you sink a ton of money into your operation or just cut a check to run someone else's car? (And might I add that this car you'd be running is pretty much the best car in the field.)

Deals like that have also given opportunities to guys like Mike Spencer, Bryan Clauson, Damion Gardner, Casey Shuman, Brad Sweet, Ricky Stenhouse, Jason Leffler, Shane Cottle, and there will be many more in the near future.

Honestly, if I had the money, I'd be throwing it into racing too. I can't blame ANYBODY for choosing to put some of their fortune into their son racing, or themselves racing, or anybody racing. Really, the ones I worry about are those that don't have the surplus of money who are trying to keep their programs going...I hate to see anyone run themselves into the ground because of all this!

[Pat O'Connor Fan]

Originally Posted by Peter Dragon Chris Whindom, Darren Hagen, Josh Ford, Tom Hessert, Brad Mossen, Mat Neeley, and Donnie Adams Jr, and now Cole Whitt... Out of those people i listed on the rental side there are two that are decent drivers.

I gather that you think you would be a better driver than any of those you mentioned from behind your mask of anonymity. I doubt it, and please note how the word is spelled.
BTW: The screen names you and Mr. Hunt prefer indicate that you guys spent too much time watching reruns of "Porky's" or some other teeny-bopper flick.

Hey steve get a clue! If you have nothin intelligent to say please don't! You obviously have no idea what any of this is about... I've never seen that movie by the way. But i could ask my dad about it... I'm not saying any of them are bad drivers or i am beter than any of them. You sound like a super fan to me. My whole post is about money in racing not the racers. There is no kid that's gonna turn down the chance to race if their dad is gonna pay for it. So go back and read that agian and come up with some beter material... Thanks for your time!

[illinisprintfan]

I see it another way. How many of these dads have a background in racing? If I bought a sprint car for my teenager tommorrow, I would not have a clue how to make it fast. If I worked on the car, he would not succeed. I would have to hire a crew that knew what the heck they were doing. Now I've spent money for a car and a crew. I imagine that's alot more money than hooking up with an established team. I can't blame a dad for spending money to advance a kid's racing career. Look at the stick and ball sports. Expensive skills clinics and training camps are the norm for athletes looking to go to college and the pros.

[Joey Woods]

I used to be very vocally against ride buying but I must say I have changed my point of view towards it, I would hate to see a driver get taken out of a car over money but lets face it this sport is driven by money and money alone. 90% of all gripes on this board are over money. If you take money out of sprint car racing, I am speaking in fantasy here, but if you take money out of it entirely where does that leave us? It leaves us without racing doesnt?

The bottom line now a days is, what can you bring to the table? Hell if I had the money some of these people are spending No one would even know who Richard Petty, Aj Foyt or Dale sr. is.

[Joe Snyder]

Originally Posted by illinisprintfan I see it another way. How many of these dads have a background in racing? If I bought a sprint car for my teenager tommorrow, I would not have a clue how to make it fast. If I worked on the car, he would not succeed. I would have to hire a crew that knew what the heck they were doing. Now I've spent money for a car and a crew. I imagine that's alot more money than hooking up with an established team. I can't blame a dad for spending money to advance a kid's racing career. Look at the stick and ball sports. Expensive skills clinics and training camps are the norm for athletes looking to go to college and the pros.

I agree.

If I had a kid that was ready to move up into sprint cars(he would be atleast 16), I would not spend the large amount of money just to have him running a halfway decent setup car. I would spend my money to make sure he has the best chance possible, and that would be either rent a ride for a season with a good team or hire an established crew chief or ex-driver to run my operation.

I have been working on these cars for awhile now and could do decent, yet there are a lot of people with much more experience who would put my son in a better situation.

Sure, if I took a few years, maybe I could get him where he needs to be...but if it was financially possible, I wouldn't waste my $$$ on those few years if it was possible for him to do in 1 year with someone else what he could do in 2 with me.

But, I would not let my son be one of those guys who get out of the car, sit in the air conditioned trailer, and only come out when its time to drive. It would be a hands on deal, I'd make him scrape mud while I sit in the air conditioning! LOL


*** All this dependent on him being ready or capable of running sprint cars. In no way would I let him drive like a nutcase, it would be parked and he could play video games for awhile.


****If the opportunity presented itself to have people like the Briscoe's tutor my son over me, how can one badmouth someone jumping at an opportunity like that?



***I think the bigger issue more so than renting rides, are drivers young or old, who do not belong in sprint cars. We all have seen drivers who are just plain dangerous. Heck, I could buy a car tomorrow and let my neighbor, who is a dentist, run Eldora if he and I were dumb enough.