10/19/04

THE 'WRITE' STUFF

To Jeff and all there at DRO, I just want to compliment you all on the way you get the latest stories and report them, well done! (That doesn't mean I always agree!) LOL 

Mark Leigh

LOVE THOSE QUOTES

Ian, great quotes from Chicago! As much as Dave Connolly is a great driver I think he's wrong when he said no one was pressuring G.A. early in the year. Maybe they weren't pressuring on ET but as G.A. has pointed out before, every competitor he faced this year has tried to cut down the tree and their reaction times support his view. Looking at the big picture GA has won quite a few rounds on reaction time even when his ET was just "average." Jason Line has unfortunately done the opposite and given away a few wins by being late. This should demonstrate that driving a P/S car is not as easy as many people believe. Jason will get better and the '05 season should be a Barn Burner in P/S.

Randy Hubbard

GATEWAY NOSTALGIA #1

Two points for you. I love the old floppers. Growing up within walking distance of Fremont Drag Strip in California, we saw a lot of great hot rods over the years. So when they starting really growing in numbers this past year I was really excited to have the opportunity to see them again. But, we have all been to "bad shows" at the track and I would rather take my car and drive at a local bracket race then sit around and watch half track runs at a "big show." I hope this is the shake up that the promoters need to help turn this into a good show.

Thanks for staying true to your readers. Maybe they will remember "we" are the reason for the show.

Thanks,

Kurt F. Roessler

GATEWAY NOSTALGIA #2

Now that I've had the opportunity to read the article that you wrote regarding the Funny Car race at Gateway and the reader/competitor responses I can  see that each of the parties have legitimate positions. This has to do with two separate entities, one, trying to produce an entertaining event and the other paying to see an entertaining event. The goal for both is to produce a first class event that insures this type of racing has a future and an affordable alternative to NHRA National event racing.

No one likes to hear criticism, particularly when they've invested so much into a  project, but when presented in a constructive manner these comments/suggestions help form the changes that benefit everyone. When Wally Parks first began organized drag racing back in the early fifties I'm sure a lot of the events didn't go as well as he'd have liked and he probably endured a lot of criticism.

Like most of you, I hope Nostalgia Funny Car racing has a great future, in fact it may be one of the elements that helps drag racing survive, God knows NHRA is sure off track and floundering. The difference over there, (NHRA), is that they refuse to listen to anyone but college educated, zero experienced MBA bean counters. You guys involved in the Nostalgia events are smarter than that.

Bob Mendenhall