Don was right. Powri put this show on. I'm not saying USAC wasn't involved, but their presence seemed more of a diplomatic one than an official one. I believe with the money on the line, the cars and stars of USAC would have been there anyway.

To me it's the small things that matter and one example of how well the show was run was when they where pushing the cars off for the feature. The cars where lined up on the front straight facing the crowd. When the drivers crossed the stage they were escorted to their cars by some lovely young ladies.

When the cars pushed , Jim Siner walked down the line and made sure each car could be pushed off without causing a problem. To the casual observer that seems like no big deal, but for the cars at the wrong angle, it would have been hard for them to push off without getting run over by the truck or tearing the driveline up.

In my opinion,Powri runs a better program than USAC. I have seen some good USAC shows this year, but of the 5 Powri shows I went to, there was not a bad one on the bunch and the show ran like clock work each night.

Granted Powri has one series and not the mess of different series' and levels that USAC seems to have going, but that means they are focused on the task at hand and they are damn good at it.

I know USAC is a series and group in a state of change right now and I respect that, but there is nothing wrong with giving credit when credit is due. Powri is a great series to be a part of right now and I would hate to think where midget racing would be without them. Many people get upset when USAC is critisized and not everything going on is directly their fault(Although I am investigating the world wide economy crisis just to make sure they don't have their hand in it somehow) but Powri is a better run series right now and I only hope that makes USAC strive to be better than them and that will make racing even better.

I think for the majority, most teams that show up and run with Powri feel respected by the club and they leave the night after a show feeling that their presence was appreciated. For many people, that's all they want from a club is to be treated with respect.

To me;that was an A++++ experience across the board.