I hadn’t been to Eldora in almost 20 years. I went last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, it’s different. It’s not the old Eldora I remember. In fact, it’s better. It really is. Whatever they did to the banking, it has improved the racing. The facility improvements are just amazing. And the track prep was great. Eldora has always been dusty but I didn’t think last was bad at all.

Watching the midgets fly around that track inches from the wall just made my night. I even thought Silver Crown qualifying was exciting to watch. And honestly, that WoO feature was really, good too.

For years, I had always bought a reserved seat for the main grandstand. Last night, I brought my lawn chair and sat in the terraced section entering turn one. That’s the way to go.

One gripe (there has to be one gripe, right?): Crash clean-up takes way too long, IMO. It shouldn’t take a committee of 12 more than 5 minutes to pick up a race car. Each time someone needed a wrecker, I cringed. Always room for improvement.

I left Eldora last night a happy camper. I can’t be there tonight but I’m looking forward to going back next year.