You are absolutely right, they shouldn't have advertised the start time that early. That was a big mistake. For some reason the promoters at THAT want to start really early, it's stupid for a night race to be run 3/4's under the sun. Didn't mean to offend you, it's just that a lot of people like myself may have thought you were talking the typical USAC sucks, Promoters suck attitude about how they run the program. 6:30 was actually a perfect time to start and should be the norm for most tracks. You won't get the blazing sun effect as much if you start a little later in the day. The reason i said that was because when the promoters start hearing about time issues they freak out and try to start earlier and earlier and the track surface suffers!
Hope you had a good time otherwise because it really was an awesome night! and to be honest, if it takes an extra hour to get the track like they did, then id sit there everytime and wait. But I also understand where you are coming from, it would have been nice to not be so rushed at the motel to get there in time to see the water truck. although that was a beautiful site itself!

Joe Stroehle