Only 23 Super Stockers entered??

[Rory McNeil]

I always thought it odd that the cars that get towed to the head of staging (TF,F/C,Pro Stock, TA/D&FC,and Comp) all get to pit closest to the lanes, and the cars that must drive up, are pitted out in the boondocks.Last year at the Northwest Nationals, I was pitted on the road race circuit, near the very end of the track, well past the dragstrips last turnoff. It was a good 1/2 mile+ drive from my pit spot to the staging lanes. As mentioned, you can`t hear anything from the PA system, although NHRA did have people riding by on scooters, honking their horns and calling out the classes as they were needed. Certainly no need to warm up in the pits! One saving grace about being pitted that far away, you didn`t have to dodge slow walking, oblivious spectators meandering in the middle of the road, unlike the "real" pits on the other side of the "PRO`s" circus area. There it almost seems to be a game for 'fans" of the Nitro cars to deliberatly hold up the movement of the lower classed cars that drive to the lanes.
But, as Bill mentoned, unfortunately there is no other track in Div.6 that has enough room for a National event. With the recent trend to huge motorhomes and trailers, many tracks have trouble finding adequate parking for the LODRS divisional races.