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For the record, there will be only ONE lap of qualifying for the Silver Crown cars, at least that was what was said at the drivers meeting at Indy Fairgrounds. I guess Sargent wants to make sure there is plenty of time for HIS premiere divison, the ARCA trucks! What a joke, he has USAC by the balls with the mile dirt tracks (somehow this one lap rule only applies to the mile dirts, and who promotes all them?). By the way, the track is packed SOOOO hard that it could rain all week and stop Friday and the track will still be dry slick by the second lap of the first hot lap session. Sorry to rain on your parade again but the days of heavy track and two grooves and gone. And whoever this illinoise guy is must not remember how freaking exciting Springfield can be with two or more grooves! It could happen if they prepared the track correctly, but last year at the drivers meeting at Springfield we got laughed out of the meeting for suggesting they water the cushion and not pack it down or scrape it off!! Unbelievable. As fans and racers we shouldn't roll over and let certain people single-handedly ruin SC racing. I'm glad he's willing to put up the money to promote these races, don't get me wrong, but as a paying fan and competitor we have a right to express our concerns over the direction of this series. The more the track has gotten drier and slicker and less competitive, the less fans you have seen in the stands. Its that simple. And one last thing, I think it takes away from the prestige of the event if everyone that shows up makes it, and we are one of the teams that would definitely be on the bubble if there were more than 30 cars!! We would much rather have it that you have to earn your way in, thats just my two cents worth!

-Joe Stroehle (Head Tire Changer/Fuel Runner/Human ATV/Team Manager) ThrowBack Racing Team