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Good question. But it has many levels to the question. If you have a track that is slick-black. If the racing is one groove, no passing, dust blowing all over the place. cant see the cars on the track, every 2nd lap a race does a 360 and brings out a yellow, no thanks.
I am from Michigan, the dirt here has a lot of sand in the clay. Hard to get a track to stay tacky all night long. This being more of a LM- modified car racing state. They seem to like a smooth, black track. They are used to setting up a car for that type of a race. Is this because of the clay- a track that does not do any prep work all week long. It all goes hand in hand.
The worst dirt race as far as track prep, is the end of the season dirt race at Berlin. Slick, black top to bottom from the start of the night. But having said that I have seen some great racing from both sod and world of outlaw races at Berlin.
You have to go back a few years but Butler in the 70's was a oiled clay track. Jet black, was like racing on pavement that had coke syrup, but was the place was sticky. No cushion or dust. But if you walked across the track, it would pull your shoes off. Great racing every week there.
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