Well, that'd do it...While I am sorry that Daron had trouble, and wish better for him, his problem actually made for a better race than the one we would have seen had he not encountered trouble. Without that, it's a complete runaway for him and it wouldn't have been near as exciting an event as it turned out to be.

One thing I wish to say about the track that I found interesting...Before the first heat, the track was absolutely perfect. Hotlaps saw a multi-groove racetrack that was throwing mud and making me salivate at the possibilities for the night. But, apparently perfect was not good enough for Mr. Helfrich. His crew went to work, further grooming the track while they waited for the magic hour of 7:30 to begin racing as advertised. That amazed me. Most track owners don't care enough to rework their track when it desperately needs it, let alone when it's absolutely perfect and ready for racing. I admire the preemptive initiative that they show at Tri-State. They trake pride in their surface like no other track I have ever seen anywhere in this country. I tip my hat to the Helfrich's for that. All promoters should take note of the way they do things at Haubstadt, and try to emulate it. On behalf of all the fans that frequent Tri-State, I wish to say thank you for the hard work they do to put on a good show for the fans.

DM