I used to do a lot of travelling racing at Mopar shows and some big bucks stuff. I changed jobs and just can't schedule the time off anymore. Plus, like everyone else travel expenses are just too much anymore.

I used to race the Slant 6 series which was about the most economical series you could run. I got tired of paying $60-75 to race for $200 which was the average payout. When the purses were higher it was because we brought our own money to race for. Low payouts/high entry fees killed car counts for us which drove payouts even lower. I also got tired of being anally abused by Blankenships. It just plain took all the fun out of it.

There really does have to be the carrot on the stick to attract the big car counts. Racers won't stand in line to run for nothing anymore.