The talk every winter during the oil clay years usually revolved around if they were going to get shut down by the EPA. In 1996, with track owner Denny Donaldson standing right beside him, Jeff Shepard threw a fit about the oil track surface in an interview and Donaldson done away with the oil.

It was almost like walking on a sponge. Very tacky and fast, but with the wall on the inside everyone ran the bottom and it was hard to pass. Nowadays most of the winners there do it on the top.

Good to see the sprints back every week. The best winged sprint feature I saw in 2016 was at Butler.

Good job on remebering the Slade's beaner, you got the names right.