[Andrew S. Quinn]

Weather was a lot better this year than last. Sitting in the stands 2 of the 3 nights in a t-shirt in February is alright with me.

I liked the first nights racing the best. The other 2 nights the track was a lot wetter,and anytime I hear its a new track record numerous times I cringe,as usually that means no passing.

The t-shirt deal was pretty good,1 for $20 or 2 for $30. If you have a buddy to split with you its a great deal.

No complaints about sprint car car counts. A few locals,but most came from the midwest.

Nice job of keeping the place looking clean,no easy feat with multiple day shows,and dirt thrown in the stands each night.

Heard quite a few grumbling about not being able to purchase 3 day tickets for $60 as advertised,yet when they went up to purchase tickets were told it was for Serviceman or Seniors. We looked on the website and it made no mention of it there,just said 3 day tickets for $60. We didnt have any trouble purchasing them despite not being Seniors,nor Serviceman. Many others we talked to said they wouldnt sell them to them.

Would like to see USAC sprints run somewhere else while down there,like East Bay perhaps.

Chase Stockon has really picked up the pace in qualifying. Very fast all 3 nights.

Never count out Tracy Hines for a win or 2. I asked the President of his fan club if he wanted to come with us to Florida,but he said he had no money. Probably spent it all on his campaign for public office......

Mark Smith has also improved greatly since the last time I saw him run without a wing.

Interesting to see Brian Paulus run without the top on. He improved every night.

Got to tell the funny story from 2007 or so about "You've got to know your Coons/Kuhn's/Kunz" after running into the guy the story is about,in the parking lot.

Had a lot of folks ask me if we were going to raise more money to hand out at the Smackdown later this year. I'm hoping to,and a few ideas were tossed around in the parking lot/grandstands each day.