I don't get it If you like Wings, Thats fine. WoO holds three or four races in IN and Mowa a few. I think its good for a driver to get experience in both.
I grew up with NW, By the time I was in my late teens, Wings were all the rage, Bloomington, LBurg and I think Kokomo all but USAC winged for about 8 years and I knew about all of them that raced, Gordon, Saldana, All four kinsers, Once or twice a year the All stars would hold a big show and bring in the Haud's, Jacobs, Hodnetts, Hodges and a few others and we had good local talent, Briscoe, Huntley, Shields, Blands It went fine for about five years and then. What one person told me would happen, Happened. Everyone went broke, Some shows were 7-10 cars total.
I got to realizing not long into it that heats were a joke. You might as well run one lap heats because the way they were after one lap was the way they'd stay, Unless there was a yellow and restart and then someone might get the jump.
Features, I seen some incredible ones, The ones that went green, The leader would take off for about the first five to six laps but once the air got mucked up. The racing was on and at times as good as many of the NW races I've seen. Races that had a lot of yellows, Not so good.
Late 90s, Early 2000s Wings are gone. Soon after, So are the All Stars as we knew em. NW counts started to grow, Some of the tracks regularly had 35 NW sprinters, Some of the Mini Guys found they could afford to run NW Full Size.
I honestly think the decline is more to do with the cost of traveling, fuel and cost to get everyone in the pits than the actual cost of the car and motor, If a track goes hard and black, You'll burn off 600 or more worth of tires to run one race that pays 650 for third.. As others said, Open trailer, It cost the street stock the same in travel, pit passes and fuel as it does the Sprinter.
I stayed out of it a long time. If it proves to be a good thing, Getting more in and more moving into Full up sprints. Fine. Im for it. If its a fall back for teams that already have full up 410s. Im against. Winged I will not go to watch them, While NW, With a left front of the ground, Some biking and and a lot of passing, I would.
Same goes with Mini Sprints, Make it setups and racing ability and I'd like em. I liked em when I seen em run NW against the full up midgets the couple times I seen it. The put your foot to the floor and the faster you go, The more stable it is, Then Brag how they're faster than a NW Full up Sprinter, Does nothing for me.
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I wrote all this up, Went and made supper, Debating on weather to post it or not.
I got nothing against those who like wings. It's just not me I even had a ball back in the 80s with Bombers and LM's with no open wheel, Probably why I like street stocks more than Wings to this day.
Well there it is, Im not banning myself. Not badmouthing anyone, Just saying what I think.
Charles Nungester
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