No, the smart thing to do would have been to contact all the teams inform them of a change of plan because a sponsor dropped out, decide to go low budget from them onwards + cancellation of the price. The show must go on ! Theaters have survived set backs like this for centuries and lived through them. There is always a way. The teams would have accepted it when the alternative was no race at all. And it would have worked, afterall the Tybee 500 + OBX 500 were probably done for a similar tight budget. It would have worked unless something absolutely critical was not available. I wonder what that could be ?
No...not me if I had paid a $5000 entry fee. I wouldn't compete based on principle alone. Knowing that my money, handed over in good faith, went towards things other than what it was supposed to would have kept me from further supporting the event. Also remember that the Tybee 500 started up that year (could they smell the end?) and gave the racers an alternative.
