Arlington's main track has had a dead rail for virtually the entire 2004 and 2005 meets and the first 6 weeks of 2006. Toward the end of the meet, the rail started getting bad again. The dead rail only went away when they were examining the surface trying to figure out what was causing breakdowns.
I think the high clay content had a lot to do with why closers did so well when it was sloppy/muddy.
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