What made this event so distasteful was not the "UnGodly hour" that it concluded. It was the fact that hot laps began at 3 PM. Do the math. As spectators we were forced to endure over 8 hours to see the complete show and approximately 7 hours to see the headline division push off for their A-main. I have no factual data as to the percentage of people who paid their hard earned cash to see the USAC National Midgets but I suspect it was heavily in favor of them.

We had 3 in our group. One gentleman of our group drove 8 1/2 hours one way primarily to see the midgets. The other two, my wife & I, traveled 4 1/2 hours one way and we coughed up the price of lodging. All three of us would gladly spend what it cost to attend again down the line sometime, lodging and all, IF there are no more than 3 total divisions to be run on Saturday night. We will NEVER attend another that consists of any more that 2 additional support classes. NEVER!

We're not alone. We were surrounded by folks who feel much the same.

We'll stay home and watch the replay the following day and circumvent the sore ass and remain in possession of $300.00+ of our hard earned cash and get a good nights sleep.

The least they could have done if they were bent on doing a marathon was run the midget A-main first as opposed to holding so many hostage to a 8 1/2 hour test of will and endurance.