the pace set by the two foreign invaders softened up all the chalk….they think just ship in to a cup dirt track and be able to maintain that for ten panels? and the ride on the winner was perfect…not to close to the hot pace, but close enough to not have too much to do down the lane; now, in the old days….this rider no one ever heard of….he'd be suspected of having a "gator"…elctric shock device. Valhol back in 1999 comes to mind….and they eventually found the device in the dirt on the track