[Jason Oldfield]

Fact is, they need to move this race back a good month. At the end of March, the average daily high is in the mid-60's. The average daily low is about 40°, but snow is still possible at this time of year for them. Move the race a month later, the average temperatures move up about 10°, and the problem should be solved.

What's also interesting is that there is also a precipitation spike that occurs at the end of March, AND the highest average wind speed for the year is also this time of year (about 9mph). Does anybody from NHRA even look at these statistics before they schedule races? Obviously not...And I can't believe that NHRA or Bruton Smith are happy with the results. Did you see the number of fans in the stands yesterday? Good luck getting people to buy tickets today for the conclusion of the show.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune Keith. As I was stating to somebody at the track on Friday, it's one thing to lose, but it totally sucks to lose because of something outside of your control. If you were the only guy that couldn't get down the track I would feel differently, but at least 25% of the Super Street competitors got loose and had to lift Friday morning (that was the only session of Super Street that I saw, and I immediately went a a few friends running in S/G and told them to be careful because the track was obviously slick).

As for the 4-wide thing, it was cool at first. But, I can count on one hand the number of times that all 4 cars got down the track right next to each other the whole way down (including Pro Stock). Plus, though they may have had twice the number of Safety Safari personnel on hand (according to Paul Page), they didn't have twice the equipment, which meant that track prep between classes took twice as long. This made for a LOT of down time listening to that a-hole scream at me while he was shooting T-shirts into the stands, or directing some other stupid contest (TV theme song trivia, tricycle races, etc.)

IMHO, if they can't / won't run on two lanes while they are prepping the other two (and I understand the reasoning behind this), it will be a mistake for Bruton Smith to make Las Vegas a 4-wide track too. The Pro drivers hated it, and though the fans WANTED to see this, I think their opinion of it has probably changed after watching it (I know mine has). This could be a one-and-done deal...