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Posted By: Murphy on December 17 2023 at 06:33:00 PM
Cool! I was hoping someone with late model interests would be able to answer some questions about how LMs and sprints differ at the top level.Can you shed some light on a few questions?
*Does having 2 top tier LM series water down the competition?
*Do the 2 series fight like cats and dogs?
*Do the drivers bounce back and forth?
*Are the series very possesive about *their* drivers and where they can race?
*Has the competition between 2 series been good for the sport?
*Did the sky fall when a second series started?
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It has only helped the sport grow. More money. Like I said, in the last couple years there have been 8 to 10 different drivers earn at or over 1 million dollars.
Last year both series had excellent fields and put on great shows. Drivers from each series suppoerted the other one.
In thebeginning, Lucas was kind of treated like the little step-brother by the outlaws. Now the last couple years they were the premier series. Drivers can run whatever races they want or series they want as long as it doesn't conflict with their series races. Several drivers have run each series. Flip flopping from 1 year to the next. Scott Bloomquist, Tim Mccreadie and Josh Richards were champions of both.
As long as they race their series when scheduled, they don't care. In the beginning, the outlaws really wouldn't acknowledge the lucas accolades. Not the case anymore. The announcers openly credit the drivers for their wins/championships on the other series.
The series have actually worked together to help unify the rules to make it easier for everyone to race together.
Like I said before, I think this was inevitable. The outlaws are just going to have to accept it and adjust. Highlimit going to have some growing pains and are going to have to adjust too, but I believe are hear to stay. They have already worked with the outlaw schedule and did not schedule around the big shows. This is only a benefit to the outlaws. I am actually planning to attend all the outlaw shows at Knoxville this year because of Highlimit. I think the fields will be outstanding. I live in Missouri and am blessed to have both series several times in my area. I think both are going to have a great field of drivers touring with each.
The sky never fell like some thought it would and probably still waiting for it to even though it has been 20 years.That right-IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS. TWO DECADES latemodels have had 2 series. There still is politics and always will be. Some tracks are still outlaw only tracks, some are Lucas Oil only tracks, but there are some that are both. Just like the sprints are and are going to be.
I am really excited for sprint car racing this year. Look forward to attending both series just as I was with the latemodels. Just have to let the B.S. and politics take care of itself and tune out the people who think they know more than they do.
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