Kudos to USAC and MSCS for starting the extra cars, in this day of transponder scoring, it's not like the scoring can't keep up. But one has to wonder why they were willing to start 25 last night on a quarter, but wouldn't let Steve Thomas and Patrick Budde tag on as the 23rd and 24th starters last week on the big half-mile at Terre Haute.

Speaking of the format, it was nice to see the heat races actually mean something after they were total formalities last Saturday at the Action Track. But did anyone else notice that the tie break for the 6th and last re-draw spot went to Riggs over Levi Jones? Big difference in starting spots, based solely on which heat race each driver found themselves in.