Posted By: dahlfans on February 03 2011 at 11:08:43 PM
Heats were fairly good, each one had a decent battle somewhere on the track. Cap Henry slid his head up his rear in warmups for the dash, and promptly slid it into the fence in turn 2 to bring out the red. Normally not a big deal, but it took the tow truck 6 minutes (no, not an exaggeration) to get to the car and then they had to think about how to pick it up for another 3 minutes. (All-Stars dropped the ball on this one, I thought they required a certain qty of tow trucks) All the while the drizzle was soaking the track.
When the dash finally started, it was a skating rink. It appeared that the drivers were not ready for the start as they were fairly spread out in turn 3 when the green flew, very sloppy start, and continued into a decent ballet show.
Certainly could have been a quicker show, slowed by each taxicab feature requiring an average of 3 starts. The sprint racing was good while they were on the track, but the fact that there were only two push trucks kindy killed the show. Yes, I did say two.
Either way, the first show of the year is in the books and we head to Ocala tomorrow!
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