Tony Stewart buys All Star Series

[bubba]

Not to state the obvious, but the DirtCarNationals is right around the corner featuring both series with lots of crossover between the teams. All at a Dirt owned (WoO) track! Could make for some interesting times if anything out of the ordinary occurs..

[luke81]

Pay equivalent purses, have equivalent TV time, and the racers will show up by themselves. WoO better not stumble or there will be a stampede.
Think about it though. To a potential (and newbie) sponsor, which sells better:
a) Yes, we race with Tony Stewart's All Star Series, or
b) Yeah, we race with the "World of Outlaws"
If you are, say, fruit of the loom (!), which one sounds like it will move more speedos?
A question: If you race with a given series, say the WoO or, for that matter, TBARA, does that absolutely preclude you from racing with another series (as was the case with NASCAR drivers in the 60s)?

The purses aren't equal. Average WoO purse is about 48 grand. All-Stars is about half that. The point fund is tremendously different. The backside perks/money for the "contract" drivers is totally different.
Most of the "big names" in the All-Star series also race at various WoO shows during the year. The big money shows, and most of the northeastern swings you see All-Star guys in the field. But the WoO contracts do limit their drivers running other races without permission. Jason Sides was denied around $40,000 in money and perks because he ran a non-sanctioned race in North Dakota without proper permission, which they ended up fighting out in court.

[Groundpounder]

But the WoO contracts do limit their drivers running other races without permission. Jason Sides was denied around $40,000 in money and perks because he ran a non-sanctioned race in North Dakota without proper permission, which they ended up fighting out in court.

See history does repeat itself!
When WoO began in the late 70's they were highly critical of the way USAC did the same thing regarding their permission to run other non-USAC races and allowing temp permits.
They are very much now like USAC was back then.

[zerofor]

See history does repeat itself!
When WoO began in the late 70's they were highly critical of the way USAC did the same thing regarding their permission to run other non-USAC races and allowing temp permits.
They are very much now like USAC was back then.

And we all know how well USAC came out of that battle.From what I understand stewart has an interest in Attica raceway in Ohio besides Eldora.Hey what makes more sense begging for more sprint car dates from a governing body that has few open dates available or forming your own series to fill those dates you need filled at your invested tracks?The money will come as they build and create a presence for themselves.The corporate sponsorship for the series will come because of Stewarts name and noteriety.It absolutely makes sense and if you penalize any of his open wheel teams for running some dates in his new series (and you have to believe that at some point he will make sure they do)you may just have started a war you didnt want to start.