As far as Granite City last night it started out slimy but they ran it into good shape by heat time. Report was the night before the track was rough from all the rain and was quite unruly. Tonight they erred on having it wet and cause delay in start of show but I would rather have it too wet than too dry. The heat racing was good and both the USAC and MOWA features were good even though the track did get slick. Good racing in the USAC feature among Leary, Courtney, Bacon, Thomas, Ballou, Darland and McDougal with McDougal coming from rear at start (flat left rear tire before start) and up to tenth in seven laps. McDougal got as high as fifth but dropped to seventh and went to infield on last lap while running seventh. Good feature!! The MOWA event was good also watching Paul Nienhiser bouncing off the walls and working his way through lap traffic with Brady Bacon and Jacob Patton chasing him. A good night of racing and I have seen tracks in Indiana this year that were slicker and much dryer than this one. Thought the track crew here did a decent job and produced a good track to race on.


Bruce Eckel