the new pit road extension is going to be aspalt I believe ernie.

Really? hmm, sounds odd but maybe :p do you know of anything else they are doing, I see they are packing dirt or something into where the grass is...or maybe I am just seeing things. I would also assume they will paint those rumble strips yellow and put the tire back in?

Is the wall getting extended into turn 3 or is it stopping at the exit of 4 where it is now?

It is my understanding that pit road wall will end some where in the middle of 3 & 4. Yes there will be some sort of protection at the end of the wall. Not sure if it will be the old tire or not??
I havent been out there in the past week, but have talked to some who have. They say its looking real good, our fear about the exit being too tight may not be the case I'm told. One concern I heard yesterday is that the concrete seems very rough and abraisive. Im not sure if they will or can do anything about that? Not long now folks and we'll be out there turning laps on it. Bottom line I think is, it cant be any worse than it was!!

Looks like they might have a hard time doing work this week with the forecast.