I can't take credit for the course. In sports terms, I guess I'd have an assist, at best. The straight sections were left over from Saturday's course, setup by Brian Meyers and his brother. I helped Jim Bledsoe and Jeremy Damico make the modifications for Sunday (everything after the crossover and the start/finish areas). I had the most input on the turnaround. I really liked the idea of just tossing a cone out there and letting people figure out how they wanted to get around it. Kind of gives you so much freedom of line that it's tough to get a good one. The start was mine too and it just accidentally turned out to be a lot of fun. It was like you actually got to drive the car instead of waiting until second gear to really get going. I had the finish really badly messed up, but we pulled the last gate before the lights on Sunday morning and everything got much better.

Over all I'd say the course was a slam dunk. I only had one complaint about it. That came from the Firebird driver immediatley after his coursewalk. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the course's fault that his car blew up. He though the chicago box after the crossover was made too tight by the gate going into it. I reallly didn't have any problems with it and I didn't hear anybody else complaining either. I actually watched him go through that section while I was out checking the worker stations for safety during the first heat. It didn't look to me like he was struggling to get through there.