[Kevin Panzino]

Well, while I'm very happy to hear we can still run class, I guess I don't understand why this couldn't have been turned into a double. I doubt the last 8 or so cars in each class would have minded still being at the Grove on a Monday morning if it drug on. I suppose we probably could have pulled that off, but we now have all the other non-NHRA core classes, 8.50, 10.00, 11.50 and ET motorcycle, so it would be tough to do a double. Good news is, the stands will be packed because those classes are part of the action....

One other thing I have mentioned before, as hard as it is for people with full time jobs to get to a race this early in the week in the first place, the situation is really like salt in the wounds when the gate closes for parking at 6 PM on a Wednesday, when quals start first thing Thursday morning.

And in this case, there will now be way more people coming to this race than originally planned, and a bunch from much further away, and we can't keep the gate open until say 9 or 10 PM? Anyone that has been to the Grove before knows exactly where they can/will park, we don't need help.
Please, leave the fricken gate open a little later !!!!

Kp