I can't disagree with you. Without going back to read my earlier comment I believe I said I see both sides of the coin. You have to walk a fine line. I wonder if any promoter has ever hired a secret shopper ( I think that's what they call them) to come in as a random anonymous fan to show up and just watch. It could be eye-opening
For what it's worth we run our events off as quickly and efficiently as possible since we are always the guests in someone else's "house". We always give our guys five laps per session in hot laps which adds a minute or two to the evenings show. But it gives the fans a little appetizer for whats coming as we are typically 2-3 seconds per lap faster than any local class. Also it was my suggestion several years back to bump it to five laps instead of the usual 2 or 3 just to let our drivers have a bonus moment of fun as some of them travel 4, 5 or 6 hours to race with us. Does it add a minute or two to the whole show? Yes. Does it also enhance the show? I believe it does. As for giving someone an extra lap or 30 seconds under caution, it goes back to what I said about more cars on the track gives the fans a better show. We are not the Outlaws. Nobody is going to be swapping out a front axel in 90 seconds. But if they're fighting to get a new nose wing on to get back out there we'll give them the benefit of the doubt for half a minute. Its a fine line. 🙂
