If the goal is to move a driver to Cup then you're wasting your time and money in Late Models (or for that matter anything) in Missouri, 11, 12, 14. That's the only reason I can think of to jump to a late model from karts at 11 years old. You need to pick up the family and move to Charlotte and run Millbridge and the Shootout at CMS for a couple of years working to build connections between your business and backers to take you out to run for the K&N championship by the age of 15. And you have to do it right now, any time doing anything else at all in the next 4 years DRAMATICALLY reduces the chances of getting to Cup. Mom and Dad will have to commute by plane to handle their business assets back in Mo. I don't like it at all but the fact of the matter is in this day and age if you aren't in xfinity by 20 or 21, you're going to be considered moldy and washed up by any sponsor or team. Am I wrong? Not if you look at the starting grid on Sunday I'm not. Also, the Longhorn House car isn't the most coveted short track ride in North Carolina. Tim Ladyga's #48 legend is.