Re: West Coast Offense (441 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: August 05, 2007 03:24PM
>- bigger fields
- better fields
- no rain offs
- handle up
- less breakdowns <
CA really doesn't have any weather issues. To a large extent, all of these pluses are related to the decline of breakdowns and injuries.
The tracks used to be like paved highways. IMO they should have tried deeper chushions, extra sand etc... before destroying dirt racing in the state. I'll cut them some slack and admit that mandating drug free racing instead of artificial surfaces as part of the change wouldn't have gotten off the ground.
They should have put Poly/Cushion on one of the 2nd tier tracks and experimented with the surfaces at a couple of others. That way they would have had multiple models and results to look at. Even if this turns out to be the greatest move in the history of racing, it was idiotic to make such an extreme move in such an important market with so many Grade 1 dirt races without a full understanding of both the implictions and ALTERNATIVES. It's so idiotic it smells like someone is getting paid off.