Let's Not Go Back To Cali And Say We Did

You'll have to excuse me if I have the song "Going back to Cali" in my head, or maybe "California Love" or "Hotel California" because I feel like I've been beaten over the head with California. For instance, I just typed it four times in that sentence... I'm over it.

And now to top it all off, some people are talking about making California a restrictor plate track. Worst idea I've heard in a long time. What the track needs to do first, is fix the weapers. Second, they need to sell out their races. If New Hampshire goes two years without selling out, they would be in serious, serious trouble with losing a date. California, (if I'm not mistaken, and if I am let me know) hasn't sold out in almost as long. Fix what you have before you make a huge changed like slapping plates on the engines. Christ.

And while I'm on the topic, is four RP tracks not enough? I mean, really? And also, didn't we learn that lesson in New Hampshire in 2000? (I know it was under different and horrible, circumstances, but I'm just looking at the facts here.) The racing was bad enough without plates in Cali that would keep the cars in line for 500 miles.

This makes my head spin. Honestly, the answer is that California needs just one date, because let's admit, most of the tracks on the schedule don't need two races. We need to stretch the sport out across the country, and giving each track two dates isn't the answer unless we want to race all year.