Over the 22 or so years of the UMP Summernationals, there have been lots of improvements on a series that launched with plenty of rough edges. Purses are beefier, the quirky dash format has given way to a conventional race format and more drivers than ever chase the complete series.

You don’t have to visit too many pit stalls among series regulars to get other a dozen ideas for changes — some valid and some less so — but it’d be wise if the next improvement focuses on provisional starting MORE