I like the input on this thread. It's great to get different opinions other than your own. The different perspectives provide a lot of good insight. You can learn a lot that way.
I think all is well. Probably 70% of the fans don't notice or care if there are 15 cars or 50.
Another 28% will believe they are seeing the greatest race ever regardless of car count on any given night.
The other 2% probably don't know if they are at a rodeo or race, but they end up sitting by me.
This time of year is tough to draw all the top drivers with so many big events. Not many states could support so many tracks as Indiana does, it's impressive.
Actually this race paid pretty well throughout the entire field and we wanted to go, but didn't know for sure on help, etc. I hope to run the Sept. race down there again. Great Track! You would most likely see a bigger car count at 3000 to Win and 300 or 400 to start. That's why "The Burg" and Waynesfield did better on car count. Putnamville did well because it is much closer for many and Paragon was off too. Travel expense is a lot more than it was 10 or 15 years ago. Haubstadt still had a full field and the fans saw some great racing! Nothing wrong with that! You don't need 35 or 40 cars to make a great show!
I added it up and there was 127 NW sprints running last night at four tracks and the lowest had a full field. That in fact is pretty darn good for august and considering a few were at Bellville and Knoxville 360 nats.
August is often a rough time of year, Motors dying, some teams are on their third or fourth chassis or fixes and the money to race is kaput.
Like I posted earlier, That show I visited tri state with fifteen cars. If there woudn't have been two track reworks, It would have been done in a hour flat as the mods had about the same count. As it was it took two hours 15 minutes.
I was happy, Wasn't dejected but thought there'd be more. And no, im not complaining on the tractor show, It was what it was and good friends 200 miles from home made it well worth it.
There was a few tracks putting up money Saturday so makes since on a lower car count!! Waynesfield had the jack hewitt classic and I believe pulled in 41 sprints!! Now I don't know how many Indiana guys went but of course you had grant that won in the Hery owned car (piqua oh) and t mez I believe. When you have tracks putting up that much money it's obvious cars will be spread out. I think it's awesome to see how many each track had. The sport is alive and well!!
