[on_the_edge]

You know Tommy has been in the game a long time and I do not think he would just be riding around on his tractor, have you guys seen the price of diesel fuel lately? He feels that doing the track prep is necessary to create some of the best racing around. Ballou and KT slugging it out for the win was an epic battle, while throughout the field it was slide job city with guys battling for position. Yea those 2 started up front, but you had plenty of guys coming from further back making a run to the front. Even with all of that the most important thing in my eyes is that those big green things save the racers money. Everyone wants to see more cars, well at tristate you can put 2 new tires on to start the night and they will still have t*ts (bleeped it out) on them when the night ends. Saturday was no exception very little tire wear and that right there can save a team $400. The track does not require drivers to save tires and that's why they can throw sliders from start to finish. On some tracks you have to work to save tires and be more conservative on the things you do to them like driving deep into the turn and sliding all the way across the track. The bottom line is that saving the racers money is the key to keeping cars around for longer. Other tracks are good with prep and make for outstanding racing also, Tommy is not the only one, but to have **** on the tires at the end of the night is very rare. Also those tractors save money for the racers because you dont have the sprint cars out there running the track in burning fuel. When the cars hit the track the surface is ready to go.