I reckon the system this year is much better. If you want to go you'll pay. The lottery system ended up being a free for all and it was quite evident that a lot of the crowd had no idea what they were coming to see last year. The commentator lady asked another lady in the crowd why she was so excited and the reply came that she was excited she was going to see some racing cars!! I mean I was just lucky I found someone who won a ticket last year but at that point I felt so sorry for all those aviation enthusiasts who didn't get in because monkey's like that got in instead!
Kirby Chambliss, since his 'Cobra' takeoff, has made a fan of me. He seemed genuinely surprised last year when I introduced myself and actually knew something about him LOL. So paying this year can only make things better in my opinion
splatt