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Track was okay but they still need to do a little work to it to make it racey all night. Time Trials it was bottom/middle dominant then during heats and beginning of Feature it was top dominant. After about half way everyone migrated to the bottom. Still early in the season i hope they get the track right for Speedweek ,ASCoC and the Jack Gunn Memorial.

Hate to agree with Strawser but yeah it could have used a little more water. I thought it was going to be a great track after hotlaps, nice cushion that was moving up nicely. I'm sure the persistent wind didn't help matters and when it changed direction and started blowing towards the stands, it made it pretty miserable to try and watch. Sprint feature was OK from what I could see. By the time the LM's got to run their feature, it was huggy pole around the bottom, left at first caution. I'd still take track that over a swamp that forms a huge curb halfway up the track like I saw way too many times at SG over the last few years. Somewhere inbetween would be ideal. 

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Must have only been watching Macri. Most of the fast cars were up on the fence where there was a cushion most of the night, but there cars were running top to bottom and everywhere inbetween. There was plenty of action from 2nd on back. 75 dropped to the bottom and was keeping Rico at bay until the last re-start. Only bad thing was the dust. I almost quit going to Selinsgrove the last few years. I got sick of seeing a swamp for a track with a 3 foot cushion that forms half-way up the track and never budges the whole night. It was slick and it was very dusty for sure and the track was shot for the LM's unfortunately, but at least the new track crew has it smooth, wide and multi-groove with cars up on the fence instead of slot cars around the middle of the track like it had been for far too long. The new team wants to see good racing instead of talking about lap times all night and that's a step in the right direction.

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The track definitely needs to be better. Way too dirty early in the night. Time trials were basically a waste of time because the track seemingly fell off significantly with every car that timed. They're new at this though so obviously it's gonna take some time for them to really get in the groove of things. This shit isn't easy. But for sure, the track was definitely too dry at both the 410 shows. They brought it around later in the program so all wasn't lost but it would be nice to see it be better early in the night than it has been. Also, when you advertise that gates open at 5:00. It's inexcusable to be almost 30 minutes late opening them. Again, this is just constructive criticism. They've only been doing this for a couple months. I'd say all in all, they're doing well for being totally new at it. 

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LOL Yeah the way it's been more often than not for 410 shows the past 5 years. Then instead of talking about the racing on the track during the feature(because there is none), the announcer is bragging about lap times. Yeehaw! Then the people bitch about them not drawing a full field for 26G to win. Well duh, drivers want a track they can race on

In all seriousness, yes the track could have used a little more water but they aren't that far off. At least it was wide and smooth and the drivers could use the whole track instead of just the bottom half. Don't forget the factor that the constant wind played as well.

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That's kinda how I feel. They missed it but not by a ton. As I said, they're new at this. It's expected for there to be some growing pains along the way and some regrettable decisions that seemed like a good idea at the time but turn out to be a blunder. Its part of the learning process and it probably won't happen overnight. Trial and error is a big part of track prep. Even a track prep Jedi like Fred Putney misses it once in awhile. Weather is a major determining factor and both 410 shows they had sunny and breezy conditions which is hell on any track surface. Guys who have been doing it awhile can typically compensate and but even they guess wrong sometimes. That said, they got it races for the feature both times so they're already figuring it out. 

They are new at it. In their defence it was sunny and windy with low humity both days. It was still May, but I do think strating later in the summer months helps but that is hard to do on Sunday evening. Most don't remember this but there was a time whem 8:00 was the start time for most tracks but they only ran two divisions.                                                                                                                      

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