Original Message

When I moved to NC full time in '91, Hickory became my weekly Saturday night  track as i was selling programs for Steve Barrick.

They ran time trails and started straight up for all classes. When I started asking about heats, I got the saving of equipment. Growing up with heat races, i found it boring. My thought was they were trying so hard to emulate NASCAR Cup at the local level.

TT and straight up starts is definitely a southern thing and made be some of the reason my boys are not into racing. I basically stopped going on a weekly basis when I was no longer selling programs because I felt the weekly show was weak.