If you watch the 1000 ft. video from the weekend, most of the drivers are still not pulling the chutes until after the 1/4 mile. On long tracks like Pomona, the fuel cars hardly even need the chutes. Arend and Capps both had the chutes not blossom fully, and easily made the turn.

The 1000 ft. racing is crap. Many cars are blowing up, crossing the centerline, etc. on the shorter track. And the grandstand past the 1000 ft. yesterday was completely empty.