O.K., the 10'th has come and gone. I was one of the car owners of the 11 pavement cars that paticipated in what was probably the last of the Night Before The 500. I had my own reasons for dusting off a car after 3 years and towing 1300 miles each way from New Mexico to participate. Suffice it to say that a picture on my office wall signed by my 15 yr. old driver saying it was the most exciting night of his life is all the payoff I needed. He came up through USAC'S junior ranks and performed very well considering he had never been in a National midget or been on IRP.

If you want to know what is wrong with USAC, look no further than the fact that I never got a call inquiring as to whether I would be attending the July 24 race. I cannot imagine another racing organization that treats it's participants in this fashion. We completed all the laps and finished 5'th. Why wouldn't we be invited back? Would you as a promoter be too busy to contact the actual participants and inquire as to their intentions? Until this changes it makes no difference the venue or the car type. Wish there was a real board of directors and I was on it-this would never happen