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A CINDY CRAWFORD TRACK?
Pro Stock top qualifier and winner Ron Krisher, curiously,
was one of the more vocal drivers about track conditions on the recently
ground Las Vegas dragstrip. But Top Fuel champion and No. 1 qualifier
Larry Dixon noticed the adverse changes in both lanes, likening them
to a pair of corduroy pants.
After last October's race, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway experienced some track settling, some bumps at the tunnel downtrack
and some bumps at the expansion joints near the starting line. The area
doesn't get much rain but does experience dramatic temperature changes,
making some cosmetic changes necessary. So just before the January test
session, the NHRA contracted with the Penhall construction group to
grind the track to the degree it thought was acceptable, leaving some
grooves to help drivers get better traction with their new tires.
Chris Blair, director of dragstrip operations at LVMS,
said Pro Stockers -- including Warren Johnson, Greg Anderson and hometown
masonry expert George Marnell -- told him at that time that the track
surface never had been better. Some minor grinding was done early in
the week before the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, and evidently that
changed some minds.
But Blair wasn't concerned about the complaints. He noted
that this race was the first time so many racers had competed on the
surface. With the weekly program seasoning the track, he said drivers
should be more comfortable when they return in October for the second
annual NHRA ACDelco Nationals.
"We're going to keep chasing it," Blair said. "But this
is one of the finest facilities. It's like when an ugly girl gets a
zit. Does anyone notice? But if Cindy Crawford gets a zit, everybody's
talking about it." -- Susan Wade
THEY SAID IT . . .
"She said, 'That's the third race I've lost.' I told her
I lost for 16 years before I could win. So join the party."-- John Force,
recounting remarks his daughter, Ashley, said after red-lighting in
the first round of Super Comp eliminations.
"I'm going to get those T-shirts made up: Gary Densham
-- Quest for 100. We have only 97 more to go." -- Funny Car winner Gary
Densham, spoofing his third career NHRA victory the day fans and media
were anticipating the 100th triumph of his boss, John Force.
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