And today will be the busiest day of the weekend. It may seem like Saturday’s Cup race would take that title, but not so.

A number of factors converge to make Friday the busiest: It’s the day that most of the media arrive at RIR. There can be credential miscommunications, and Green and his staff (Aimee Turner and Richie Denzler) help sort that out.

Moreover, there’s so much going on on the track: a Busch practice, a Cup practice, Busch qualifying, Cup qualifying and tonight’s Busch race. Drivers are holding individual press conferences; most are at their hauler – meaning Green won’t have to moderate like he would in the media center – but a few, like Kurt Busch and Mark Martin this morning – are in the media center.

The top Cup qualifiers usually meet the press in the media center. The top Busch finishers will too. And all the while, there are those fires.

There’s a room adjacent to the media center labeled “TRACK STAFF” and it provides a respite from the fires. Hey, they’ve got to eat, too.

But whenever Green emerges, he walks with a sense of purpose – often because he has one. He chats with one group off to the side of the stage, goes to check on someone else in another area. Back and forth, in near constant motion.

If there’s any relief, it’s in the knowledge that 36 hours from now, the madness will have ended.

At least until late June, when the IRL comes to town. Then it starts all over again.