IT’S A FUNCTION OF GRAVITY
Jeff, It's great to hear from someone who has their feet firmly planted on the ground. THANK-YOU
John Blasko
Cleveland, Ohio
THE MORE RACING, THE BETTER
Hurray for Mr. Burk's blast of 12-20-06 [Scrooged]. I think both NHRA and IHRA need to get off their high horses and welcome associations like ADRL. My opinion is that we can never have enough help in our sport. The more money and interest we can get to popularize drag racing, the better for all of us who love it.
As for NHRA, we in the 'Motor City' don't even have a national event, [although two with IHRA], hence the moving of the Columbus event to Norwalk, Ohio to be “closer” to the Toledo/Detroit market.
As you stated in your editorial, history is littered with the failure of other sanctioning bodies that did not perceive what the main goal was: fun and entertainment for the fans, and the same for the racers [with a little prize money too!]
Respectfully,
Dan Martin
Fowlerville, MI
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NHRA PETITION LINK
Not asking you to approve or disapprove of it, but I think, at the very least, you should put the link to the petition against NHRA's new points somewhere on your site where everyone can see it. Let the readership decide as they will. And yes, we all know that NHRA would probably ignore such a petition no matter how many names were on it. They still need to see, as accurately as possible, the degree of disapproval that's out there.
http://www.petitiononline.com/nhra/petition.html
Sincerely,
Bill Huseth
HOW MUCH SAFETY?
Jok, the jury is still out, in my opinion, regarding the engine diaper. Yeah, it’s a nice thing to have, but is it really required? I keep waiting for the sanctioning bodies to require an SFI-approved jock strap.
I do agree with making a head and neck restraint mandatory. With cars going quicker and quicker its only a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured.
I was in Canada a few months ago on business and was describing drag racing to some associates and one of them said, you mean you’re looking over your shoulder at 155 MPH and not watching where you’re going? Yeah, I guess so. I never really thought about it.
I look forward to next month's article.
Aaron Hoots