Fonda 200 Victory Lane  

I watched every driver (40 of them I think) do their walk in front of the crowd.  Saw how fans interacted...  Saw how some drivers really embraced it, and how some were a little shy about it...  It doesn't matter... It's all good.

Saw a lot of fist bumps, hand shakes, and as in the picture above, some great photo opportunities/selfies, that will take on additional life as fans post them on social media.  High fan value - as important to the overall show as anything that will happen on the track throughout the course of the evening.

One of the main reasons folks come back to the track is because they have favorites, (and a few not so favorite), and they need to come back to the track to see how those favorites (and those not so favorite) do the next time out....  The walk in front of the bleachers was huge for building fan/driver, driver/fan bonds (something almost entirely lacking in every weekly short track show, and am glad to see that Brett makes time for it in his program.)

To the point raised in a post above, I would have liked to have seen the driver into/walk with the fans able to start earlier, and that is 100% up to how the show is set up, and how the events leading up to the start of the feature flow, but it was a huge part of the show, and glad it didn't get bumped.

Doing extra things like this (or something similar) can be huge for sport, and as long as those running the show plan it out so that it can be done efficiently, and as long as the drivers understand how important their role is in keeping it moving, it needs to be a part of the show.