I was fearing this day.

The day when I sat down to write about a race that didn’t have title implications and I had to choose either from peripheral action for the main points or write about something different altogether. It’s clearly not just me either, if you look on Twitter, Vital or anywhere else you can get a pulse on racing discussion, the major points of discussion were not the New Orleans race but conjecture relating to silly season, injuries and the outdoors.

It’s times like this, when a series or race is decided before it’s scheduled end, that longtime writers of the sport really get my respect.

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