[Charles Nungester]

Yes, Both Demon's and Coondogs were 30 lappers and If Im not mistaken, Coon's was after he was put to the tail for being late to the lineup chute. Coons also came from 16th to fourth at the Hulman last year.

Personally and its only my view, Is tires are a ton of the reason for both many things good and many things bad. When a tracks tacky and the cushions the only place to be. You got 20 cars running qualifying laps, IMHO this is bad, Might as well throw the checkered after one lap because the lineup after that isn't going to change much. If drivers had to lift it would be more a battle of who's got the biggest pair than HP.

I never remember Gaines/Wilkerson/Millburn/Krebs/ and maybe Super Duke Cook flat footing it around the Burg. Matter of fact, I think the first time I seen it was the late 80s and Hoffmans car, Damn near lapped the field. The next weekend Staab did the same thing and flat footed the whole track the whole race (This was NW)

The Good, Speeds are incredible. We still get great racing a ton of the time.

The Bad, Lower HP teams often suffer especially on tacky tracks, I still see em do very respectable and even win on the slicks but it seriously is affecting how many cars show up at the track. A ton of teams are avoiding the SUPER TACKY TRACKS and attending the slicker and smaller tracks that you have to lift if your over Horsepowered for the track.

Chuck, YMMV