Originally Posted by chensleyrc1

Most of my racers treated club racing as practice for events, so they ran rubber because that is what the races they traveled to ran. They did not see the benefit of running foam locally when that is the only place they can run them. When the traveling racers stopped running foam, my local "hobby" racer did as well, they like to run with the "fast" guys. Like I said earlier, no matter how much we don't like it, what happens at races transfers to the local scene quickly.
Also, i appreciate the thanks. I was able to keep my doors open for about 4 years until I bled too much of me and my partners money and time. The reason I tried was due to my love for this hobby and there was nothing for on-road or oval, indoors locally at the time.