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Originally Posted by CRA91
Bad track prep 
I've raced many times at day races and most of the tracks were watered and ripped to death as they knew the sun would have an affect on the track and they never had that much dust.
Like I Said in another post,they packed Terre Haute so tight it was sealed over and would've been a dust bowl even if it was ran at night.
So day versus night is irrelevant,it boils down to crappy track prep!  |
Mother nature did all the track prep that was needed! It was a mud bog when I got there at 11:00am, there was plenty of moisture in the dirt. But they let it sit for 3+ hours under 85* and at least 10mph wind till there was dust on the surface. If they would have sent all 25 cars out to pack it down at the advertised 11:30am hot lap time all would have been ok or at the least better than it was. They could have ironed out the wet spots on the inside in between sessions, leave track prep to the professionals! USAC really gave themselves a black eye on this one, stick to what works! It was a blessing that no one was hurt and only racecars were damaged, we can replace those!
Bob