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I am not an expert, so if I am off base then I am sure someone else will chime in.

The racing was definetly competitve.  

An average sized track in Michigan is 3/8ths.  Some are slightly smaller.  SOD ran at a 1/2 mile.  The first race there was won by a 360.  The second race there the same 360 finished 2nd.  One thing alot of Michigan tracks have in common is the fact that they are dry slick.  This also plays a part on what helps keep the cars competitive.  

Yes, it does boil down to the same hard, small tire.

For lack of better words you could say it slowed down 410s to make the smaller engines more competitve.  I would say that the tires combined with the types of tracks made it so often the best, smoothest driver on the night won.  It eleminated the high dollar teams dominating because of better equipment.

I would be curious to see how the rules package played on a heavy, fast track.  Time will tell.

With all these "facts" being presented, I find it curious there's no mention of the GLSS that raced under the old SoD rules. Can anyone fill in the blanks?

For what it is worth in GLSS 10 stand alone points shows they had an average of 19.8 cars.  Their low was 11 and their high was 24 (twice).  They did run at all tracks in Michigan including some without reputations for having sprint cars.

They also "co sanctioned" some shows and had one sanctioned race with show up points (13 cars).  I did not count them.

Thanks. Saw a GLSS show at Tri-City that was decent. Michigan news is hard to come by in PA since MARC Times folded. A shame that a solid core was divided because racers are unable to compromise on rules. This scenario is constantly repeated in all racing divisions in all parts of the country to the benefit of very few. It's a shame it has to be that way.