[ThePurple73]

Maybe someone can speak up that really knows what the surface was like. To me it seemed like the surface was thrown off quickly and then they were down to a hard packed dry dirt base and then laid down rubber on that. That become the groove. If the track was uniform then you would have thought someone would have had enough engine to pass on the outside. I could be wrong, but I can't remember seeing an outside pass all night long.
The reason I was wondering about the surface mixture is I think they ran harness racing horses earlier in the week. I don't believe you can run horses on a harder surface like that.
So I was wondering if what was thrown off the groove was real lofty sand/dirt mixture and hard to get traction of any kind.
If the track was truly taking moisture as the night went on I would have throught there would be passing all over the place like we have seen before at night at Duquoin.

I don't get the 51 lap intermission at all. These cars can go 100 laps, obviously. They should also run time trials just as others have said.

One thing I thought was sad. A lot of people didn't understand the 51st lap stop and the non-tire change cars started up-front on the restart.
A large part of the crowd near me didn't understand what took place.
They kept asking why and that it didn't seem fair to the guy that was so clearly out front.
I had to agree with them.

One other comment: The announcing for the Silver Crown race was superb. I could really stand to hear that type of professionalism at Sprint Car races I attend.