NO TO TEAMS
Jeff, Are you kidding me? No team orders. If Mr. Light doesn't want team orders then the NHRA should not allow multiple entries in the same class, as you pointed out. I was shocked when Troxel lost to Lucas! I would rather see a good drag race, but the money these teams spend today it just seems like bad business sense. As I have said before, the NHRA is no longer a drag racing sanctioning body, just another company looking for entertainment dollars. It saddens me deeply. I will continue to support grassroots action and file "BIG TIME RACING" as John Milner once said "under chicken shit.”
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Sincerely,
Dave Pristasch
Mountainside, New Jersey
EVERYTHING THAT’S NEW IS OLD
I totally agree with Burk's Blast regarding team orders, etc.
NHRA, in its quest to create an entertainment conglomerate rather than good old drag racing, is slowly ruining the business. The countdown to eight has been the most boring adventure. I have never in my life witnessed a racer lose in round one and smile because it doesn't affect a damn thing as far as the quest to the championship. There is no excitement watching teams in the lead begin their R&D programs before mid-season.
Team orders new? I think not. Just ask Dick LaHaie how he won the championship back in 1989. It was laid in his lap and no one said squat. The reason? NHRA of yesterday isn't what it is today... a big money generating entertainment business.
NHRA isn't the only automotive sport heading to the brick wall... NASCAR is well on its way to blow it as well.
Wake me up when we get to Pomona.
Wesley Young
Kettering, Ohio
PUT ‘EM ON THE BOX
Burk,
How about lie-detector tests for the crew chief's after a suspicious circumstance? LOL. In all seriousness, we are witnessing the dumbing down and ruination of our beloved sport. The "next level"?
Maybe they should get this one in order, before even thinking of taking it upward or onward, or whatever.
It's no wonder that nostalgia racing has replaced the "big show" for me and many of us.
Jerry (G-Man) Gross
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ISN’T THAT WHERE THE HARDY BOYS WERE FROM?
Here's one for you; while towing to Englishtown over the Long Island Expressway and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (horrible road conditions) I noticed that the top of our junior dragster's roll cage had dropped below its usual spot in my rear view mirror. We used an open, stretched Home Depot tilt trailer and the damn thing broke.
The tongue was held by a small piece of welded plate and was ready to separate from the trailer! My son and I pulled over and used one of the tie-downs for the junior to hold the thing together and we limped home at 15 mph back to Long Island. What a ride home, we almost sent the trailer and dragster flying into traffic!
Charley Powell
Bayport, Long Island, New York
