Aside from everything in the article, a big thing that made me kind of stop taking friends to the big races is the downtime. Years ago, they'd be firing the next pair of whatever pro class was running as soon as the pair in front staged. If someone broke, at most just push the pair that was in the water to the back of the field so they can refuel and cool down. They put so much attention in to the pro-racer prima donna act that it has become boring to watch. It's hard to tell someone that this is exciting when you have to wait 5 minutes between cars going down the track. I'm starting to see the same thing with the outlaw classes too, hope it doesn't end up like that. It doesn't need to take an hour to stage your car, either.