500 dollar cars didnt help. The nail in the coffin was the 2006 IIC. People started running 4 magentas on foam Tc which in turn caused everyone to have to cut their tires down to nothing which increased the handling of the cars greatly but decreased the amount of runs from 4-6 per set of tires to 1-2. And at big races 1 run and done.
Thats true...cost is still a factor, but we as racers keep buying the $500 cars..... Good luck to all the racers!