[Steve1118]

As Michael says, the spectator end of it was absolutely packed. Pittsburgh isn't a "supertrack", but, it's certainly not small, either.

What I really liked was seeing all the families.....moms, dads, & kids walking around and taking it all in. It is really affordable and family freindly....not nearly as many drunken twenty somethings. I really like that. Maybe I'm getting to be an old geezer, but, I find it incredibly refreshing.

Also, it's a lot like the old days....the families can walk right up to the nitro cars, or anyone, no "roped off" pit areas with "hospitality" areas where, for an additional nominal fee, you can get within shouting distance of the cars/crews.

It's much like the national events of the sixties and seventies which caused me to fall in love with this sport. Nitro, good sportsman racing, all packed into a package where a family doesn't have to skip this month's mortgage to attend.

I think IHRA has really found something with these things.