Dear Mr. Stewart,

You're a forward thinking guy who still manages to stay grounded in your roots. You bought Eldora for your dirt track fans and now you get $#!t when you can't control the weather. I always said you'd never catch me at a pavement track unless it was the IMS, but we've grown up a little since then, haven't we? I now see what you saw a long time ago, the potentiental for success of the pavement tracks to trickle down to the dirt. I didn't get it then and I had no crystal ball to show me how a few Hoosiers would soon turn NASCAR on its ear.

USAC Thursday Night Thunder is returning to Indianapolis. Remember TNT? That was a star making vehicle that broke down somewhere along the road. It made you a star, after Jeff Gordon and before Ryan Newman. It was a catapult to the next level. I assumed it would be televised this season, but recently found out there's no deal. It seems if you lent your name to the package effort, regional sponsors would be lining up to put their name on a car.

I may be way off the mark about this and I'm sure there are elements I don't have insight to. I had to say something, though, because you're the only person I know capable of fixing our old star making machine called Thursday Night Thunder. The men in business suits only know how to sell it. I know a lot of people ask you for stuff all the time, but if Indianapolis can make stars again, you'll have more help from those new guys in doing the good things you're doing.

Best regards,

Deanna Lynn