No you have not missed much of anything. Occasionally they have a good race, but they are pretty far between. Usually catching the last 50 or so laps tells the entire story.

By the sounds of it, the current mess is worse then it was a few years ago.

Ringers brought in to run specific races has nearly always happened, but seldom does it work out like it was planned. I'm getting the drift this one fizzled at the end as well. NASCRAP just can't let ringers win too often, it would upset the plan.