Thanks Larry, very well said,, your reply stole my thunder LOL,,
Have never raced at or even been to a paved event, but, have competited in Drag Racing at National events for over fifty years, so feel I have a little idea on what thay are about,,
Being that i'm in Australia we do not have the opptunity to run pavement events (there is a five mile long, 100yards wide smooth as a billard table paved airstrip in South Australia, it was set up as a emergency landing strip for the space shuttle project,, thay let tourists drive all over it, however wont let us race on it ) so our once a year only event is on salt Lake Gairdner,,
Have been to Bonneville many times as a crew member, and have competited there on a motorcycle at three events so salt is my speed fix,,
I'm an optimist when it comes to the conditions at Bonneville, it has always been dictated to by weather conditions, there have been many,many events in it's 75+ years that have had to be cancelled due to conditions,, I would suggest that in the past when conditions on the salt were good thay 'were good", and one always bought their A game, however with the track conditions these days one has to factor in a B and C game plan and once thay get a handle on it we will see increased speeds,,
Salt (Bonneville, Gairdner) is a "Endurance" event,, Paved (Loring etc) is a "Sprint" event,, = "Two separate identies"