Last week I wrote about how reluctant race car drivers can be to change. Sometimes promoters are no different.

Seven years ago, Georgian Mike Vaughn went out on a limb and tried something relatively new by starting a Crate Late Model series. Along with a traveling series, there's also a weekly racing series. At the time, I was interested to see just how Vaughn's series - now known as the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series - could aptly police its stringent engine policies.

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People tend to resist change. That's understandable. Often it takes a jolt of some type before even I realize that I'm stuck in my own ways.

I've noticed that people like comfortable. Comfortable is good. Most of the time, change disrupts comfortable, which can make people a bit uneasy. Racers are the worst.

I've heard a story about how even Scott Bloomquist once resisted change. Yes, the Scott Bloomquist.

According to folks with knowledge of the event, while Bloomquist was driving the Barry Wright MORE

Sponsors are hard to come by in this sport. When you get one, you should cherish it.

I've always thought that when it comes to sponsoring a dirt Late Model race team, a sponsor had to have at least two of three very key characteristics. Obviously they had to have plenty of money. Deep pockets are a must in this sport.

Second, they have to love dirt racing. This is a big one.

Let's face it, for those on the outside, if you don't understand this sport, you simply don't get it. If you don't already MORE