The berms in the opening section of the track have been groomed out for the World Champs; but that dirt's moist and has a lot of clay to it. If--no when--it rains here, tthe bomb holes that are going to develop in those berms are going to resemble a WWII gunnery range. And then it's onto the sketchy rubber mats lining a right hander and straight away onto the--depending on whom you talk to--'surprisingly grippy' white astroturf seen above, or the 'white astroturf of death', also seen above.