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

Rally underway

We're through nearly half a dozen of the one-on-one rally races and so far it's been nothing spectacular. Here's the problem with this event: it's not an action sport, except the drivers are on dirt so they expect it to be just as exciting as Moto X. It isn't, and it's not even close. Basically, this course is a glorified Watkins-Glenn with a few hundred yards of uneven surface added on, plus the (so far) tame jump. And, because of that, the stadium is only about one-fifth full. Maybe a quarter of capacity, but I doubt it. The event just doesn't fit in with the rest of the competitions here. I doubt it ever will.

On the bright side, there's currently a man or woman wearing a zebra suit as homage to one of the riders -- a mascot, if you will.  If it weren't 90 degrees without a cloud in the sky, I'd be tempted to see if I could play zebra. Not today.

-- Ken Fowler