It seems to me that we have two types of people on this thread with polar different philosophies and perspectives. And they will never understand the other side.

Every track and series has a certain percentage of racers and fans that will hang around and drink beer and tell lies in the dark pit area until dawn. Those folks will never see the point in caring what time a program gets done.

Then you have the other side, the guy with a wife and a couple of pre-teen or smaller kids in tow. This is usually the type of fan that has to go into work early on Saturday morning to get the time and a half needed to pay for this troops trip to the track the night before. That fan, as he carries his sleeping grade-schooler on his shoulder back to the car before the first feature his the track will never understand why the premeir class feature can't be on the track by 9:30.