[Mud Packer]

First of all, I am glad no one was seriously injured on the two pit mishaps. I have attended races at Winchester for over 30 years and I haven't see anything like that before. Charlie Shaw, the track owner, needs to take a look at this and get it corrected ASAP.

I was happy to see the Supers return to the high banks for the first time in 22 years. I hoped we would see a good show and for a first time event, I was satisfied with the results. Jim Hanks with Must See is doing a great job promoting pavement sprint car racing and now taking on the Supers as well. It takes time to build car counts and we all have to realize that it won't happen overnight, especially in this economy. They had some good quality cars and I certainly hope that they will be back again for another try at Winchester.

Paul White's car is a very classy looking Super. I guess the draw for me is how these are the last of a dying breed. They are mostly hand built and it seems no two are alike. The sound of these ground pounders is a thing of beauty. We don't get to see to many shows here in the midwest so I really hope that Jim can be successful with this venture. There has to be a starting point, and I certainly "had" to be there for the inaugural event.

Winchester is hard on equipment and with the speeds they are running there, a little bobble and your in trouble in a heart beat. A very warm day as well and that also takes it's toll on equipment. The sprint car feature could have gone better but I have been to a lot of shows that it could also be said the same. I wanted to get to Kokomo for the Sunday night show and also wondered what the hold up was for the sprint feature. Must see normally runs a good fast paces show so this was out of the ordinary for them for sure.

If taxicabs are your choice then plan on hitting the high banks the last weekend of June. The ARCA/CRA Late Models and the ARCA cars will be there on Saturday and Sunday. Hope they put on a great show for the fans.

[short track scott]

Y'know, if Helberg lowered the Winchester track record by .797 of a second, one could reasonably argue the track record at Anderson (10.2) is in potential jeopardy. The arguement could also be made that there could be a nine second lap coming Wednesday night. Jeff Bloom ran a 9.908 second lap at Slinger Speedway in 2010.

I'd be willing to bet it has been a while since a series with no rule changes year to year lowered its own track record by that much. It really could make the Little 500 tire choices very interesting this year.

[Geoff Kaiser]

Scott, valid question here. Who is doing tech this year for Must See? Jack French?