[Doug Hoven]

It does seem that no matter what the track/division decides, there's always plenty of racers complaining about the decision. I do also believe that the old format for the race worked well. Division racing has definitely gotten out of control to where if you want to get a decent parking spot, you have to show up by Thursday morning early. From a track owner standpoint, they see that probably 50% of the racers are at the track by Wednesday nowadays, so why not start racing on Thursday, and leave Sunday as a weather day. I'm not saying I agree with it, I just see why management doesn't see it as a problem. And the unfortunate thing is, if less people show up this year because of the schedule change, especially after the overall low attendance last year, I doubt the very business oriented owners of Maple Grove will be looking forward to having the Dutch Classic on the schedule for much longer. From a business point of view, a late October money race would probably be more profitable than us. I guess the moral of my post here is, do I like the schedule change? not really. Will I still show up anyway? Yes because I want to continue to be able to race at the tracks that I love.