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with the status quo.
And the status quo was bet-
ter. Although it was still difficult to
pass, the racing was more excit-
ing than in a long time. And part
of that was the simple fact that
the track conditions were better
than in a long time.
"I think this is the best this
track's ever been," Wiles said.
"It's probably the widest the
groove has ever been here.
They've got really good moisture
in it.
Jared Mees also pointed out
that although it was difficult to
pass on, you at least had the op-
portunity to do so.
"The track was probably the
best I've seen at this place in a
long time," Mees said. "They
did a great job. There was some
passing, it was hard to pass, but
at least you could pass. They're
really getting a handle on it."
But then again there were
still critiques and the consensus
wasn't unanimous.
Bryan Smith felt that it was still
not passing friendly and part of
the reason why was their track
prep.
"The track's going to be hard
to pass no matter what, but the
way they prep it definitely limits
any passing I think," Smith said.
"They don't really water the whole
track so then the groove kind of
follows the water and it's not re-
ally the preferred line so it kind of
mentally screws you up. And it's
not smooth. It's just unfortunate
that they don't spend more time
here because they had a good
crowd. They should really spend
a whole day before the race prep-
ping it or something. But the in-
field's rough and narrow and they
don't water the whole dirt… you
think they would water the whole
track because it's dirt and we
might race on it, but they don't.
There's a lot of things that could
make this place a lot cooler than
what it is, but they never seem
to do it. Maybe if we complain
more they'll do it next year. I don't
know."
So would the second jump
have helped? Again the con-
sensus was not unanimous and
ranged across a broad spectrum,
varying from safety concerns and
strong objections to take it or
leave it feelings based mainly on
not thinking it would really make
In the Pro Singles
class Domi-
nic Colindres
dominated and
took his second
straight Castle
Rock TT.
