A few weeks ago, my home track of Southern Raceway in Milton, Fla., held the only Late Model special event it currently has on its 2011 schedule. It was the second annual Champions Memorial. For the past two years, the unsanctioned, $2,000-to-win event has replaced what used to be the Derek Henley Memorial, a race that ran for 16 years at Southern and for the majority those years, paid $4,400 to the winner.

I'm not going to question the track’s management at for axing the $4,400 winner’s pay. MORE