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BEST BOOKED-IN ACT

Motes' jet truck. A Kenworth that does over 200 mph in the quarter and burns down Bill Bader's signs as a bonus-great entertainment at any price! Honorable mention: Rex Stevens Jr. You never know what's going to happen. (JB)

Top Fuel Bikes. (RL)

WORST BOOKED-IN ACT

It's a tie: Sports Magic and the Nitro Girls. If I see one more fat guy without a shirt dancing on the Jumbo-tron, I won't be responsible for my actions. As for the Nitro Girls-are you kidding me? (JB)

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED

Bracket racing fuel cars at the Winston Invitational. Boring, boring, boring. (JB)

High speeds by pro teams on the return road and through the pits because of the 75-minute rule Someone is going to get hurt or killed. (RL)

The excessive playing of the national anthem and double-dipping of the paying customer. Give the racers a bigger cut of the T-shirt sales .. at least, the independents. (CM)

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE INITIATED

Improved rules and regulations regarding chassis and safety rules for fuel dragsters and funny cars. (JB)

Jewish, Muslim, Taoist, and Buddhist prayers, or whatever they call them, before final eliminations. Not everyone's a Christian ... and then a moment of silence for and from our atheists. (CM)

BEST THING 2000 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR

John Force passing Bob Glidden for most career NHRA wins. (JB)

Nothing. Overall, it was a shitty year for drag racing as the gap between NASCAR and the HRAs grew larger in all areas. The 2000 season is definitely a baseline to be improved upon. (CM)

WORST THING 2000 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR

Death. Mike Mitchell, Steve Evans, Clayton Harris, Steve Collison and too many others. Worst year in my memory. Honorable mention goes to the 90-percent rule for fuel cars for not stopping explosions or fires. (JB)

Mike Mitchell's "Revolution" Corvette. DRO file photo.

The inordinate amount of deaths of treasured friends, in my case Mike Mitchell, Jackie Miller, Steve Evans and Steve Collison. In the distance, the lousy nitro times and the retirement of Joe Amato. (CM)

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