from a Team Chevy post race press conferences transcript, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. was asked: Q. A lot has been said this weekend that the track hasnt been resurfaced or redone in a while. Some people are calling it character like Fenway Park or Wrigley Field. Whats your take? DALE EARNHARDT, JR. : I think its great. Do everybody a favor, whoever owns this place, and pave the back straightaway. If you pave the back straightaway, theres some real bad bumps, we all watched it on TV in the Nationwide race and Im sure you saw it today. Its just going down the back straightaway. It probably doesnt cost much to pave the two lanes that we race in, and that would really cure any complaints that I got. I think the corners are perfect. I wouldnt pave anything or change anything about the turns. This place has got “ this is the age of asphalt that I think tracks strive for. This is what places like Michigan and Phoenix look forward to, you know, when they get a good 10, 15 years on their asphalt. This is really right in the ballpark, right in everybodys wheelhouse. I think everybody that runs in the Cup garage really likes the surface. Its just real bumpy down the back straightaway for some reason, and it doesnt have to be, and I think they can fix that with a couple lanes of asphalt on that outside toward the wall, and like I said, the corners, man, you couldnt ask for a better racetrack.”(Team Chevy)
