[Tracy Robbins]

Most of the newer facilities no longer build stands beyond the 1/8th mile...they build the horse-shoe stadium type of stands w/ vip boxes along the top. The spectator will see the exact same show they see now but will have a little better view of the chute and shut down. I was pitted at the scoreboards at Virginia last year and had a great view of the 1000 ft and 1320, there is not that much difference in the speed, noise or total experience. Go over to the comp message board and see what those guys have to say, I guess the faster you go the more this makes sense to you as a racer because most of those guys/girls think this is a great idea.