[Chuck Norton]

I wasn't there this weekend but I've been to a few races, including a few at that track. I've been to races that rained out and were run on Monday plus some that were run the next weekend. That's part of the game. Even Wally and Graham haven't learned how to control the weather. How did Jody and Eric manage to cope with it?

No doubt the pit situation sucked, it often sucks and it most frequently sucks at some of the events that are too big for the facility such as this one. If you attend the U.S. Nationals, are pitted in the north lot, and there are 50,000 Gomers carrying plastic goody bag standing in your way on the way to the staging lanes you'll be lucky to make it with the water temperature under 200. You learn to carry a sprayer, a small generator, and a battery charger and you deal with it.

Pit parking people are often difficult to deal with because they have the power to put you where they want and your only power is to hook up and leave. The guys with the big rigs and the sponsor power get parking preference. We've all seen it, most of us have bitched about it at one time or another, but it never changes. Money talks.

It's not my job to apologize for NHRA or that track but I think that this was just another bad situation that didn't get better from Friday until Monday, not a vendetta against any category or social caste. It's not a bad idea to wait until you really get hosed before you unload on the system. There are a lot worse deals than a rainy weekend in a cramped facility with a few parking-****s.

To quote Dennis Miller, "It's just my opinion, I could be wrong."

Cheers,

c