I raced at this event and was in the stands watching one of the funny car qualification rounds. I found myself watching the two cars that were out front. One of the funny cars exploded the body at the finish line (and that car was one that was leading). During the same run, a car that was closest to the stands where I was sitting blew the body off. I was no more than 150 feet from where it landed and didn't even see fly off and land near the grandstand.
It would seem to me that racing in the pro categories is dangerous enough and having twice as many cars doubles the danger level for the drivers and fans.
It seems that they want to turn our form of racing into a real circus to please one rich investor.
Bob Handschuh