I tend to side with Monte on this one, although it was good to finally meet Steve1118 at Beaver Springs this summer. The TV coverage is "All about the NITRO", even PS gets bypassed a lot in the 1st round. Unfortuately, I think they are responding to what I see at the Texas Motorplex during the national events, the stands clear out after the nitro cars and especially after PS. Not many people even watch the alcohol classes and hardly anybody but me there for SS and Stock. I went to Indy for the 50th anniversary race. Other than the cacklefest and some nostalgia cars, it looked pretty much like any other national event to me. The Hemi shootout and the old cars was the highlight of that race. I didn't even attend the Motorplex race this year since SS wasn't running and none of my friends were racing. Only missed that race twice since 1986. The other was weather and the mudbog parking lot.