Money / cost of fielding a car that can run up front, price of living in N.Y. , how teams are treated at the race track, tech- wink to some teams being a harda$$ to others, lack of good side by side hard clean racing, the driver who wrecks other teams and cost to repair a car and get back to racing, so many things to do anymore , time it takes a car owner to get a car ready to race over the winter and then keep it ready during the season, lack of car counts at a track so fans do not want to go. Just a lot of what I have heard and seen myself. I think Money in most part would be the number one reason. I can remember my dad racing for 1000.00 to win back in the late 60 's.