[SStockDart]

In 2011, Donna and I moved to the Ozarks, in Missouri. We took both race cars, but only raced the stocker at "big payout" bracket races..... Several tracks around there, none are NHRA and all are 1/8 mile.
What a riot.....fans right next to the track (dangerous but fun)......When they would run the 10.5 cars and the street tire cars (street slicks?)......they would fill the place.
To me, it is kind of like the NASCAR fan that goes to the races to see the crashes.....the 10.5 cars often hit the walls.

Now......what I am saying is that you could advertise and bring in a National Open and not draw the crowds they do............We don't crash (very often) thank God. Or peddle into a wheel stand at 300 ft.

Additionally, the people on the guard rails, all the way down the track, are drinking beer, and whooping and hollering.........I would guess that they draw 1,000 - 2,000 spectators....