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Loved the 4 wide parade lap!! Is that going to become standard procedure?

The non wing features are outstanding.

Matt had to race hard just to get clear of the other cars, and then run down Justin....and he 'almost' got the job done. Dallas Hewitt running 4th this week, and 5th last week with a 360. Guys runnin -everywhere- on the track. What a show!!

I don't think you should do it every week with the sprint cars, because then it loses it's luster. I do think it would be cool to do it each week with a different division, making them a "spotlight" division.

It took Matt 15 laps to get to Justin even through traffic. Grant did an awesome job working through lappers. It seemed like Matt kept catching guys at the wrong time, causing him to lose momentum. I really expected Matt to get another shot on the last lap, but Grant just wasn't to be denied

The truth of your post is for the most part the compacts that are at WRP were stolen from the bowl. The problem is none of the dirt crowd has taken them to heart. I hate to say this 'cause I really like WRP someone needs to say yea or nay now not in march. I'm sure the guys with stocks and mini's would appreciate the same consideration.

Stolen from the bowl? Charlie ran guys off left and right, and the last I checked you were one of the first ones to defect when WRP started running compacts again. Dean brought the Compact class back and gave them a payout, and a points fund that Greg and staff have built upon. I don't blame the guys who went back to Shady Bowl. It's their home track and the folks who have bought it seem to care about their teams and fans, even if I disagree with them trying to go back to Saturdays next year and run against Columbus.

The one thing that WRP has done right in 2011 is given consistency to all 6 classes. Unlike the past 2 years, there was no threat of a class being cut before the end of the year. Everyone knew they had a place to race EVERY Saturday, even when the crowd and car count was down because a threat of rain. Even when it did rain, They still tried to get the show in. Is 6 classes too many? Yes. However, Greg Shobe stuck behind the promise he made at last years banquet that no class would be cut, and that should be commended.

The Mini Sprints have responded well to this decision, averaging 18 cars every week. The modifieds are almost always going to have a good car count, just because there's so many of them. The non wing sprints will keep having decent car counts if WRP pays them a little bit better on a weekly basis. The trucks would bounce back if the class would be cut back from the out of hand point where it is. The compacts could and should be a 30 car class just based on it being entry level and relatively inexpensive to get into, but for whatever reason, cars aren't coming. The stock cars are an entirely different conundrum. You have guys who who complain because WRP stopped running them, but then they don't show up. You have teams who for whatever reason skip a week even though their running top 5 in points. You have teams that get tore up on Friday at Lima, and cant get the car fixed for Saturday. By all logic, there should be 25 stock cars every week at WRP.

With that said, who do you cut?

While agree they shouldn't wait til March to make a decision, WRP shouldn't be the only ones making a decision. Guys who have been sitting on the fence about building or buying a car need to speak up and say they want to run in 2012, so WRP can make their decision accordingly.

Everyone wants to be internet promoter and tell Greg what to do, but by the look of the grandstands and pit area, I think Greg has made some pretty good decisions so far. Now all we can do is wait and see what his plans are for 2012, and support whatever decision is made.