The Kalittas Tuned soft early and thats how they got it down with-out smoking/dropping holes, and now the field comes up to par.
There was not alot of parity in the early season, it has taken some/alot of the teams a good bit of time to adjust to what the set up ( tire/rev limiter etc) was issued.
DONT take me wrong, the Kalitta camp is one of the tougher competitors out there, Doug & David can be deadly Quick,I think Connie **Not down playing Jim O's input, played it conservative & came out really good but safe, they had tried and masterd the limit of the tire early and had a bit of the limiter to contend with. ( I would actually like someone from the K Camp to come on, or any of the Pro's and actually explain some of the limiter conditions that they saw, and explain the actual Big Dawg problems it presented for their particular tune, and what they attempted to do to calm the beast to stay within the limits.)
I just think the second half is either going to jockey between camps/ crews or get blown out by one team.
I would have said that Hogan had the magic at the beginning of the season, but now, the hard riding tuners are coming to the barr & putting it on hard.
Alan is coming up with the #s as is Lee Beard, Donnie taking over the controls after Dick LaHaie retired, there are several of the teams that are really close to taking it any weekend. ( I like the Lee Beard tuned /HRF team dropping some top contenders, this is what it's really all about) * The Independant spoilers messing up the points! Tim & Kim are keeping very quiet this year.
I am personally glad that the TORCO/Todd team is bringing it on early. This will be one dangerous team in the very near future. If they finish this year with a win of one or two races, the Bernstein/Shoe/Kaliita camp had better get ready for bear!
Now I am partial, I like it when our team has a two fer/ three fer weekend, and am waiting to take the Day Off when we have a four fer!
BUT, The teams..../ALL the TEAMS/ ALL The Tuners/ALL Drivers and ALL Crews that are what is driving up all of these consistently " TF/FC/PS/PSB Fastest Fields" they are ALL the real hero's, week in Week out!