Knoxville nationals 410 last night rained out.

Hi all,

Well Saturdays final has been rained out and rescheduled for Sunday, and guess who is on a plane home by then, yep all of us.

The stands were full and the supporters peeved off when we all knew the rain was coming, the weather stations knew the rain was coming but the officials decided they would just take their time and not do anything different.

We thought they would start the show early to try and run before the rain came, but instead they put the trucks out for an hour to run the surface in, we would have put the sprintcars out there and had the track run in 20 minutes, then they decided to hot lap, then instead of lining up for the E main they pull the cars in and put the next hot laps on, finally they got the E main running, Hally got out of the E and into the D by running fourth.

On came the D after some more hot laps and we got underway again, there was a major crash in turns 1 and 2 so the race was stopped, the rain came and the restart was resheduled for some time later, again they put the trucks out to run the surface in, apparently you cannot use sprintcars and 18" tyres over here as the wheels may get mud on them and unbalance the wheels, I guess they have never heard of cleaning them over here.

Finally after about another 30 minute delay they put the cars on and guess what, more hot laps, then we had to take the cars off the track to refuel, then finally we went out and finished the D Main.

The C main starters came out and guess what, more hot laps.

The C main was run and one and everyone went back to the pits to get ready for the B main, then believe it or not they brought the A mainers out for "Hot Laps".

The heavens opened up and the night was over.

I know these guys can drive, I know they have a great venue and a great crowd, but they have no idea of how to run a show and get it completed, they take to long to get the cars out, they take to long to line up, they allow people to take however long they want to get out of the pits, in Australia the gates would be shut and half the field not allowed to start.

They knew the rain was coming but they just kept on going the same way as any other event, if they had of pushed it through they would have completed the A main most probably and definately completed the B main.

Not happy Jan.

We are flying home tomorrow and will miss the final show, not a lot we can do about it, well there is next year should we decide to come back.

In completion it is the best sprintcar show I have seem in terms of quality cars and drivers and well worth the effort to come and see it.

We have had a great time and most of us would come back.

The fans are fanatical and the atmosphere great, we just need to get the promoters/organisers to understand that the fans keep the show on the road, they want to see quick fast racing, not primadonna's who think that driving on a dirt track does not mean getting your car dirty.

See you next year for the 50th running of the Knoxville Nationals folks.