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Sorry, we lost something in translation. I was talking about whetherTyler Walker got his start with family money.

Makes you wonder how many teams will be affected or forced to fold up due the the Countries issues we are dealing with right now..

This will be a humungous monetary kick in the ball sack for many.

Its the same in every sport. The kids with money get to go to hockey or ball camps and develop in off season leagues only few can afford. There is always a cinderella story but fir the most part I'd bet your heroes of old had more money to go racing than their friends you dont know cause they never jumped in a car cause they couldnt afford it.

Any guess as to what percent of drivers on the WoO sprint car tour, WoO late model tour and the Lucas Oil late model tour, that benefited big time by having a wealthy family paying the bills as their son (or daughter) made his way to the "big time" 

99.9% of them!

We all know a sprint car or late model driver that is touring in a national traveling tour, who came from a family with lots of money.  Of course, most families made it the old fashioned way, they earned it, good for them, though some inherited their wealth.  Most drivers (I think) came up the hard way, they had to make it mostly on their own with a little help from family.  Any guess as to what percent of drivers on the WoO sprint car tour, WoO late model tour and the Lucas Oil late model tour, that benefited big time by having a wealthy family paying the bills as their son (or daughter) made his way to the "big time".  It certainly helps a driver who has some talent, to have a family pay the bills that allows them to travel long distances to races to get that experience.  Drivers who can't afford to travel dozens of hours a week in a big hauler or toter home, full of parts/engines/spare this and that, have to rely on getting their experience at their local track for the most part.  Reading a story in Sprint Car and Midget magazine a couple months ago made me think about this.  It was about a California driver from a very wealty farm family who only has to show up at the tracks,  with the car ready to go. They have a well-known crew chief who is on salary with the family business, repairing their farm equipment (they have 13 half- a-million harvesters and 60+ heavy trucks) when not working on the race car.  He drives the hauler to the track and the driver is there waiting to strap into it.  Again, more power to the family for making a lot of money.  In this case, the family became wealthy due to starting small and over the years getting big, all on their own smarts.  

Its the same in every sport. The kids with money get to go to hockey or ball camps and develop in off season leagues only few can afford. There is always a cinderella story but fir the most part I'd bet your heroes of old had more money to go racing than their friends you dont know cause they never jumped in a car cause they couldnt afford it.

Probably three of the best of all time that are retired {except Sammy] all did it on talent Kinser,Wolfgang,and Swindell.Schatz had some family help to get started but his talent level is very high. Nascar is a different deal.