Before we start bashing the track owners/promoters, let's take a hard look at the weather the past 48 hours. I'm not in Kokomo but the weather in central Indiana hasn't been very good during the past two days. I'm as disappointed as the rest of you by not being able to see racing at Kokomo this evening. HOWEVER, bashing the very people who have worked their tail off to provide excellent racing since they purchased this track won't change the outcome.

If you happened to attend the KISS/MSCS race last Sunday at Terre Haute, you would have seen just how hard Reece O'Connor works to provide the racers an excellent surface. I am not an expert, like many on here, when it comes to track prep. I know a good one when I see it, but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to prepare one. I know that weather plays an important role into it as well.

All track owners/promoters have a business model. Just as most of us all have a job that pays the bills, they have to make a profit inorder to pay their bills. With the weather being the way it is, I doubt very much that Kokomo would have been a standing room only crowd this evening. With temperatures predicted in the 50's with a good chance of rain on the way, how much of your money would you put down to open the gates and lose money this evening? With the economic situation being what it is today, I understand completely.

We took a chance last night and went to Lawrenceburg for the races. I can guarantee that Dave Rudisell didn't become a millionaire last night. He took a chance, a very big chance, that most people would have understood if he just threw in the towel early. He didn't, and unfortunately all his time and effort went for nothing. Very small crowd and Mother Nature rang the bell early stopping all action.

Track owner's/promoters are a different breed of folks and here in Indiana we are very blessed to have the O'Connor's, Spiker's, Ford's, Rudisell's, Helfrich's, Himelick's and the new ownership group at Bloomington, etc. etc.. Bashing any of them won't make it happen. Let's all stop this non-sense of throwing that temper tantrum when things don't go our way. Be thankful that next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting, the gates to these fine racing facilities will swing open and once again we can enjoy this great sport of auto racing.