Everybody needs to stop beating the dead horse when wondering why Shoe doesn't fund Tony out of his pocket. Nobody here knows his personal finances, that's his business. I've been to his race shop, I've seen the infrastructure he's built over the years, I'm pretty sure he has invested a couple dollars of his own, including feeding a team car that was maybe not fully funded at any given time. The economy is stronger than ever, but the entire marketing dynamic has changed dramatically (another dead horse but people aren't getting it). Don has been very successful in life, and it's not hard to see he has a huge passion for drag racing, even after all these years. Between stuff I read here and other places, like FB, it blows my mind how people get genuinely upset that Shoe isn't spending 3 or 4 or whatever million out of his own pocket to get Tony on the track. I'd bet we'd all be surprised at how much Don HAS spent over the years building his organization.