Although I've seen a ton of great races put on by this track operator, this was by no means one of them. Those guys are right. Not only was this one bad, it was historically bad. Maybe the worst race I've seen since I went to Banker's Life Fieldhouse (I think that's what they were still calling it, then), when someone thought it would be a good idea to run a midget race in a space that was designed to play basketball games on. At one point, when the die had been cast on how this race would turn out, I turned my attention to watching the audience, from my vantage point, standing behind the rail at the top of the stands. In unison, they were almost completely motionless. Except for a few children, who were playing with their glow-in-the-dark stick thingies.

I had a good night at the track, though. All the ceremonies for Josh and Darlene were great. It's always a treat to hear Josh's buddy to the National Anthem in his very cool and unique way. The crowd was enormous. And I got to see and talk to a lot of people I like. And come feature time, if anything, it was a good people watching experience. Just not a Race of the Year candidate, by any means.

Jerry