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SLIPPERY SUBJECT
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I'm truly surprized at your recent article
about oil downs. Check the oil down list with
NHRA before you do sloppy journalisim. Herbert
has only 10 oil downs. So if your point is
why does Herbert not have to test or what
not he hasn't reached 11 now 12 oil downs
that Romine has. There are some other heavy
hitters that are getting close to the top
of the oil down list. Also oil downs go with
the crew chief not the driver. Next time if
you need some help with this type of article
e-mail me I'll help you with the facts. I
have always enjoyed dragracingonline but it
is apparent that some of the people that are
writing for you needs to be canned if they
can't get the facts straight.
Fred Remur
BURK'S REPLY
Thanks for your clarification, Fred. Now,
if you'd just straighten out NHRA, since they
just said that the oil downs are credited
to the car owner. We have spoken to several
of the racers and they also are confused about
the oil downs, since the rules seem to be
changing from race to race. Sorry, but we
haven't finished with this subject.
IHRA TV PROGRESS
I just wanted to drop (Ian Tocher) a quick
note to say thanks for the kind words. It's
real easy to stay on the "shows look terrible"
band wagon instead of noticing improvements.
I
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know
we don't have the show that NHRA has but nor
do we have the budget. In fact I'd be surprised
if we have 25% of their budget. The show Producers,
Joe Ligon and Eric Swaringen, have done a
great job of taking this show to another level.
I'm sure you understand that having a good
team around you is important. Just like a
race team, the more years you spend together
the better you get and this was the first
year for these guys. Considering the TV experience
that Jim Marchyshyn and Kathy Fisher had coming
into the season, I feel like they have both
done a fabulous job. They learn quickly and
have made big improvements.
Please let me say thanks again for noticing
the improvements and having the nerve to say
it in public!
Ken Stout
