Ive seen 38 of 39 races and all of the prior BC nights. All in person. Only one i missed was my daughter’s senior football night.

My recollection of prior years is that the track has been known to be different night by night. This year the track was definitely different in that the lip never made it to the wall in 1&2. That said, 2 had a curb that would snatch you in a heartbeat if you hit it wrong. That said, there were some absolute bombs thrown in turn 1 this year. Slide or lift was on full display.
Prior years, guys would enter above the lip in 3, and cut the angle out of 4. Very little if any of that this year. Instead the high side of 3/4 was available if you had the guts and could hit it right. But if you missed, 3/4 also had a couple lower lines guys could use that was fast this year too.

Weather: Maybe it’s because i’m always here with my camper and not in my living room, but i am super stoked about finally having 3 days of gorgeous weather.

Fan experience: Everyone I talked to that did the infield tunnels for driver introduction loved it. Lots of surprised people how wide the infield is and how tacky the track was.

Crowd: i arrived back to my camper at 5:30pm or after all 3 days. Parking was packed all 3 nights. We sat in (from bottom) row 5 Thursday, and row 4 Fri/ Sat and we were fully surrounded. Don’t know where the small crowd convo is coming from because after qualifying wraps up. It was pretty dang full. I’ve seen slightly bigger Saturday crowds, (still packed) but also never seen so many that just stay in the parking lots. The third set of bleachers in the pits also comes into play.

Congrats again to family friend and local hero, Brayden Clark, on a great weekend. Giant steps taken on a super small budget.

(Ed McMahon voice) All in all, I give the weekend 4.5 out of 5 stars. Great weather, great racing.