^^

- - Carpet. We all ran 'carpet shoes' instead of our normal steel shoes ("hot-shoes"), because it was waxed concrete. Though you see the one guy just ran duct tape on the toe and sole of his boot to help it slide.
Hot ticket that night for tires was to apply a liberal dose of wood rasp and a spray bottle of bleach too.
BTW, MX, I was looking at newer MX shots and you are right: there are alot of guys sitting a bit more upright on the corner edge of their seats. Wonder why the change?