This race had a questionable chance for survival from the start but to the credit of LPS management they stuck to their schedule and made it happen. Given the drought conditions, every forecaster in the nation predicting (hoping for) rain, extreme temperatures, following another weekday show 30 miles away, USAC regulars prepping for an out of state trip, the ever present poor economic conditions, potential attendees and would be track prep "experts" fearing the horrors of a dry slick track, the coming weekend where every regular weekend track is scheduled, many people exhausting their racing budget over Midget Week, etc. etc. etc..... they could have just thrown in the towel. Certainly many if not most of these factors are going to exist any Thursday night and business owners understand the risks involved. As for fans, we also have to understand. I only drove <15 miles to the race but I sat next to a guy who came from Evansville. I didn't hear much complaining from him. Dissapointment..yes but he's not a newbie and he understands these things are going to happen. So to those who are predicting LPS is going to throw in the towel for Thursday shows because of this one event, I don't think so. They're tougher than that and so are we. I'll be back next week.