Incentives sound pretty good to me. I'm sure sombody won't like it.

And this is what the complaining will be about.
"Participation requires an active USAC team membership and participation in USACs voluntary loyalty incentive clause."

This should fix all the folks problem of not enought money being paid. Great move USAC!

What this means is you will no longer see the top 10 -12 USAC teams/drivers at any local races. To be eligible requires 100% participation in USAC National Sprint Car events only. USAC can grant permission for a team/driver to run local by request and remain eligible.

More money for the teams is a good thing.

I wonder if this has anything to do with another promoter talking about running silver crown races?

Is this what this means, or does it mean that you have to compete in 100% of all USAC sprint car events. I see it more as a move to eliminate drivers picking and chosing events. (BC and others running Belleville Midget nationals instead of the USAC scheduled race in Nebraska)

I would think that it would not impact dates that USAC does not have a sanction race date on.

It means just what it says. See the part named "Loyalty Incentive."
Run a local show without permission and you are out of the tow money, 5 free pit passes etc. You have to run 100% of their races and no where else without permission to get these benefits.

BTW, I am not complaining. I don't plan on running for USAC points or traveling with them, so it only helps me since we won't have to run against those guys every week.

In my opinion, this should allow for some new blood to rise to the top at the local bullrings. It will take away some of the top dogs but allow others to shine and show what they are made of. Both pros and cons, so it will be interesting to see who does what.

But you don't really know that until they iron out the legal mumbo jumbo because.....

Sprint Car point fund is NOT a Driver's point fund - it is an OWNER's point fund....unless that has changed this year. The drivers are rewarded through the National Drivers fund which combines points from Sprint, Midget & Champ.

So what's to prevent Damion, BC, DD, and others from running a backup car adding an "x", a "y" or a "z" to their number and hitting a local show, technically they have signed in as a different car? Technically the 71 is still loyal to USAC, but the 71X is deemed a "local" car. Or.......any of those drivers strapping into someone else's car for the weekend? Or.......selling their backup car for $1.00 to their crew chief for one day only so that they aren't technically the owner of that car?

If the point fund isn't tied to a driver how do you determine who owes you the loyalty? The driver or the car owner? And if the car owner doesn't "own" that car for the day then how do you prove that they were being unloyal?

Lot of grey there.....and if you have a good enough lawyer there's a loophole to everything. I'm not complaining, just think it's too soon to say it's definitely one way or the other, and I don't think I can see USAC saying you have to run 100% us and nowhere else - I doubt they'll shut out the weekly tracks that run on off nights of their schedule. I would imagine it's something more similar to their current clause that if there is a USAC show scheduled and you choose to go somewhere else you forfeit all incentives - but I could be wrong. I just think that would be a quick way to make their local tracks they partner with very unhappy.....and those 10-12 guys would have been there without an incentive for all except for one race (Belleville)