The $2.00 is a donation for trips for the high school is what I was told by the young ladies last year. Was told you could park with out paying too. Considering the rain they got I:m happy they got the race in so there my part about the weather , I really don"t know what they could have done different with the track yeah that hole in turn one was pretty rough but every driver knew it was there. Maybe next year you could go and give them pointers since you seem to know about track prep.