Racing didn't kill racing....it was the concept of racing for big pay days that killed racing. The purse got bigger, the sponsors added up, multi-car teams, big budget R&D bugdest and next thing you know cars are falling off. Some guys could still compete with it but the last few years has gone to show that once again, the mighty dollar has killed yet another sport.
The little track I have been helping with is an 1/8 mile outlaw track. Nothing special for a facility. Nice grass pits, decent paved staging lanes, decent track but not a million dollar facility like those around us. Every Sunday afternoon from opening day to close we fill the spectator side with people. I would guess on average about 200 spectators come in from town. Now this isn't those riding in with the racers, these are folks that purely come out to enjoy watching the cars. They sit there from 1st time run to the final rounds. We always as the racers that run the final, we don't care what you do with splitting up money but the spectators have watched every round from the start, please give them a good race to finish with.