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As a fan and a racer I understand both sides.
As A fan yes you want to see high speeds and no dust is not enjoyable to endure to watch a race. But what i saw as a fan saturday night was just as much follow the leader as i would have seen on a rubbered down race track but with more wrecks because drivers could not see. There is no way that the track recieved 2 inches of rain because the infield was DRY and yet the bottom of the bank had water standing on it. now if i had enough rain to make the track soupy all night i would think that the infield would have been a little wet but it was dusty as ever. The track could have easily been worked into two grooves. the track was ready for heat races to start at the end of the feature.
As a driver it is NOT my job to make a second groove i believe as many others it is the tracks responsibility to provide an decent racing surface for the racers to put on a show for there fans. granted there are times when drivers make new grooves but on saturday that was not going to happen. Tracks that are not ran in well enough are dangerous period.
I will say this much at least they finally have the tires down where they belong instead of in the middle of the track.
I am a HUGE supporter of Lawrenceburg, but I will call a spade a spade and i wont sugar coat the fact that the track was less than impressive. I know they work hard to do the best they can but, there is no reason the whole night should look like a set of hot laps.
One more thing....
I get tired as a driver reading or hearing about people that have never been a racer or owned a race car talking about how wonderful the track is or how great racing was. or telling drivers they have no right to say the track was $#!t because it was one lane. If you are sitting in the stands and have never been behind the wheel of one of these monsters, YOU have NO IDEA! So dont talk to drivers like there are ignorant for voicing there opinion. We are not complaining we want things to be better for the fans and the racers.
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