What caused V. Gaines to crash @ Carolina Nats?

[Michael Beard]

I agree with the racer who felt it's a lack of track prep (primarily not treating the last 320ft of the race surface like they did the first 1000ft)!

Gaines lost it at the 1/8th mile, well before the 1000'. They prepped the snot out of the track. If anything, I was shocked at how *much* they were doing with the track. Prep the track, run 8 pair of bikes, prep the track, run 8 pair of Pro Stock, prep the track, run 8 pair of Top Fuel, prep the track... it was ridiculous.

I haven't watched a Pro session live in a long time. It's shocking how long they take to run a pair of cars. This weekend was one of the quietest I've ever heard at a dragstrip. I'm not surprised that people wouldn't want to pay top dollar to see that show. The runs put down on Saturday were great... tight fields all around, but good grief, it's like pulling teeth inbetween.

$.02,