For those of you who weren't there... and maybe for some of those who were. There were heavy rains several days up to race day. On race day it rained from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm, despite the weatherman calling for no rain on Saturday. There was even a light rain during the three heat races. With all the rain, I can't believe a race car was ever able to hit the track, let alone have a race.

Everyone there busted their humps to try to give the racers, fans and sponsors what they came for. A lot of the equipment they tried to put on the track couldn't move in the mud. Did any of you see Tommy Helfrich driving the tractor? They used a road grader, their big wheeled water truck, a bobcat, a tractor with a disc, anything they could get to move on the track. Over thirty fans came out to help wheel pack with 4x4's. Every driver brought their sprint car to the track. It's a 75 foot wide, half mile long racetrack. That's a lot of clay to run in!

They even risked fines and arrest by going five minutes beyond the curfew to complete the show. The sheriff stepped in and allowed them additional time to try to complete the show but halted the race after additional cautions and another red flag at 12:25 am. And we continue to have people complaining about the promoter, I guess you are right, maybe they should have thrown in the towel at noon like ol' DA then we could be hearing about how they didn't even try.

There were a lot of fans that came to the track hoping to see some racing... there were a lot of fans who waited and watched while every effort was made to get the track to a condition where race cars could even get on it...there were a lot of fans sitting under umbrellas during the night who saw hot laps, three heats and the majority of the feature race.

Now it's my turn to complain. Damn those promoters for not putting a dome over THAT. Let's get real. Thank you to the THAT promoters for giving it everything they had.

Joe