The repairs were to fix the problems with the track surface.
The track surface for the start was damp, but dried up as the race progressed.
Note that the track surface changed over these years.
By now the rain had stopped, but the track surface was still wet.
Adjacent to the main complex is the high canopy of the field house with its fast track surfaces.
The move added about 80 feet of buffer from the track surface to the first pit box.
Graphite is allowed, but keep it away from the track surface.
That caution was brought out because the track surface had been washed clean by a rain the previous night.
During the 2012 off season, much of the track surface was ground using a diamond grinder.
There is a path that leads to the track surface.