This year was our 3rd straight year of making the 9 hour trip one way to The Belleville Nationals, and although the Saturday night racing for the win wasn't as spectacular as it was in 2013 between Christopher and Rico the racing back in the field this year was breathtaking at times. A couple of the heat races were really exciting, as well.

It may be a good idea that any support class racing be done on the small track. I think maybe the Saturday evening A-main may have suffered a bit due to the laps the winged sprints made in the course of their show. This is too big of an event to risk wearing out the racetrack. The winged 305's may put on a better show on the little track, anyway. I understand the need for the support classes and since the small track is available it may be a good idea to use it and save the big track, especially for the Saturday night finale'.

I was told by a few of the guys who have been coming to Belleville for many years about the days past when there were activities at the courthouse square in conjunction with the Nationals. Whether or not there would be enough interest to support that program may be questionable, but it would be worth a try to see how it would go.

All in all it was another great weekend of racing and we have yet to regret making the trip and the monetary commitment to go to Belleville. This year, however, showed for the first time signs of a renaissance in the making. I really hope they can build on that momentum in moving forward.

In regards to the Silver Crown division at Belleville I honestly believe those cars are more than capable of staging a tremendous race. Hopefully they can build on the car count improvement we saw this year in the coming years because the Crown cars seem to like the place and we certainly like watching them race at Belleville.