Atlantic driver Rocky Moran Jr. tells it like it is...

[Jay]

Here's a very good article written by 2002 Toyota Atlantic driver Rocky Moran Jr. He sums up quite well why Cart's rookies do not all have the best backgrounds of the available drivers and also sheds light on why there aren't more American drivers in the series this year.

http://www.racingpress.com/publish/rocky020603.shtml

I agree with everything he says, except, I don't think it's necessary for the series to have a ton of American drivers (obviously Rocky would benefit from this), but having say 3 or 4 would be a good number so that the "homers" have someone to chear for and get excited about. But, he sums up the problem of pay vs payed drivers very well. He also makes a good point (one which many people can't seem to understand), that the teams with pay drivers would likely not be racing at all if it wasn't for the money their driver was bringing.