[Tim Watson]

Cut the size of the track in half. Knoxville is to big. :idea:

[BrentTFunk]

I agree with Lynn and Dwight, cut the tire width in half. Motors would be less important. Driver skill would be at a premium.

[Dwight Clock]

One thing that has always amazed me about racing is the inability and/or unwillingness of the participants & race organizers to learn from those that have gone before them. I could show you copies of NSSN from any decade you choose and you would see the same arguments about cost being discussed. It happened to the midgets, it happened to the modifieds, and it has been happening for years to the sprints. Unlimited rules mean unlimited cost. If you wish to participate in an unlimited form of racing you know going in that it will be expensive. If you have a limited budget you need to participate in a class that has rules to limit expenses. Don't jump into an unlimited class and b***h about costs - you knew that going in. Most Indiana sprint car racers are of the blue collar variety. They work regular jobs and have limited funds to race with. There has to be some rules for the class to survive. Engine rules are difficult and time consuming to police. A smaller, harder compound tire is the most sensible way to limit costs. In addition to obviously reducing your tire bill it will reduce your engine costs as you won't need all that horsepower and won't be able to use it even if you have it. Tires are easily checked for size, compound, and whether they have been treated or not. Also, a side benefit of smaller tires would be the fact that you would most likely have better tracks to race on as they wouldn't be torn up by the huge RR's, thereby saving even more money in shocks and other torn up parts. JMO

Bubba says...take the bull by the horns and implement rules from the 1963 season. Bring back those glorious early days of the Nationals and the Weld brothers. Mandate it a rule to sleep in the cow barns and gamble all night. Lock up the cops and bring on the ladies.

Most of all..."NO sprint car tails, only boxed tails and a cross bar in the rear roll cage, just like in the "GOOD OLD DAYS".:applaud::checkered:

[jonesy112]

its pretty obvious cecil98 either owns or has owned a sprint car. From my experience it sure seems like things operate as he described.

...dump the napkin holders....

[Gasman fan 50]

I would say install the baby wipes and cut down those wide tires on the rear. Now that would save money:applaud::angry-smiley-007:

[Rex W.]

Isn't it easier to hook up a narrow tire vs a wider one? Just cause the tires narrower dont mean the motors not gonna be as important. I mean how narrow ya wanna go 12 inch tires?:kookoo2: I know it's a different deal but there are drag cars runnin 1500- 2000 HP motors on 12 inch tires runnin in the mid 6's @ 230 in the 1/4 mile.

[StandOnThePedal]

It doesnt matter about the tire size we will find a way to put the power down to the ground pluss the shock and weight jacker rules would hurt the little guys even more because allot of us have them and making us go back to the old style would just cost us more money and the D-12 rule on the LR would keep us from going wing racing even more being non wing guys all we have is D-10's and RD-12's so all of your cost savings that you mentioned would end up costing more money in the long run for the littile guy and for guy who run both wing and non wing. KEEP THE RULES THE SAME!! the sc deal is good enough.

[Joe Snyder]

If they went to a much narrower RR tires in nonwing like some have suggested, you would prob have a lot of torn up equipment with guys bicycling, etc.. Focusing all that power and weight on a much smaller contact patch probably wont have the best results considering the speeds we run today. IMO

Would think guys would have to go into corners a lot easier when its tacky to keep from biking it. It would dramatically change the style of nonwing racing, a style that fans would not like.

Its 2007 not 1950