Rough shape

That's the only way to describe about half of the cars who participated in the quarterfinals of the rally car event. It's also the only way to describe the track after a slew of wrecks. Two Catepillar mini-dumps are working overtime right now, trying to get the course set up for the final runs. Jaime and I have been talking about this all week, and it's going to take the Galaxy and Chivas soccer teams quite a while to get this place back in shape.

And based on what our esteemed colleague Grahame Jones wrote in today's paper, you wonder if David Beckham won't delay his home debut so as not to risk injuring his ankle on what could be very loose new sod. Jaime thinks it's inevitable that Beckham won't play in the SuperLiga match here on August 15, but I'm thinking he will.

-- Ken Fowler