[greglepore]

Its over, guys, and you can thank TFG (I think you can guess the middle initial) for all of it. There's something to be said for Nascar sucking sponsorship dry, but the reality is that ain't nobody gonna survive the death of tobaccodollars. Witness, the story in Autoweek last week about Nascar having trouble filling their fields.

Fact of the matter is that there were maybe 20 really competitive open wheel organizations, and some who could packfill on occasion. Divide that between an "oval" series and a "road course" series, and over the long haul you get 10 car fields, plus a straggler or 3. If you factor in that the crapwagons are flying death machines, well, you get the picture.

Funny thing is, the healthy series right now is freaking ugly Daytona Prototypes.