Mark Hughes: Trackside View
"The cars look caged here, hemmed in"
Not a cloud in the sky Saturday morning, pa system chatter mingling with far-off helicopter rotors.
Standing at the new section of track at the end of the lap, distant mountain tops peeping over the grandstand. The old track is still there, dusty grey contrasting with the black rubbered-in layer of the new twists and turns.
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