Lots of camera angles
of the same slicks, zoomies, smoke filled
plastic bodies too. The same angles....
Nice article. I can remember watching for
the sportsman results and seeing stop-action
of the finalists in S and SS frozen in mid-air
with their ET on the screen telling who won...
NO RUN, just stop action...it is getting worse....
The SS/AA show has been on several times and
that is good in a way....
Thanks.
Dick Butler
Amen brother!
I dearly love drag racing, but I would rather
watch the local yokels at our dinky track,
at least the cars are varied. Listen up NHRA.
Brad Wise
Boy, you hit that
nail right on the head. Good job.
Ed Dialogue
BINGO! You
hit the nail on the head with this one. I
couldn't agree more. I can only hope the IHRA
stuff is better this year. That Madusa ought
to make it worth watching anyway.
Jok, I will never understand why the NHRA
and others don't think ALL the sportsman classes
are interesting. A little about myself. I
am 45 years old and have been drag racing
since 1979. I race in NHRA Super Street, IHRA
Hot Rod, with a
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small
block Ford and a four speed. Why? Because
everyone said it couldn't be done. How about
10.52 at 127 @ 2900lbs and without power adders
and NO electronics. 5.0 lights, 1.36 60 ft
times and dead on runs are no problem.
I worked for Billy Meyer for one summer but
decided it was more fun to race than watch.
I have announced at the division and national
level and nothing makes me madder than when
a supposed seasoned announcing partner tells
me that the fans aren't interested in being
educated about the racing, just talk about
the sponsors and the ET's. Do you know what
the most asked question of my wife and I are
when we are sitting in the grand stands in
our team uniforms at a national event? "Why
do those cars slow down right after they start
then take off again", and "Why did the faster
car lose".
I spend a lot of my time explaining drag
racing to the fans when I am at the races.
I have said for years, if we don't educate,
the fans will lose interest. Look at the grandstands,
they are usually half empty at any time, people
just don't get it. I have been seriously considering
staying home and bracket racing rather than
stress over national and divisional points,
in any class. I haven't raced for two years,
and can't decide whether to build a new car
or just race part time for fun.
Thanks,
Raymond D. Gottry
Jok and Darr are
both dead-on this month. I was glad
to see I'm not the only one who thinks NHRA
is missing the mark with their event coverage.
I was beginning to feel like I must be missing
something because I couldn't believe it had
gotten this bad. The only good thing about
continued coverage like this would be I won't
feel like I'm missing anything when I'm at
the local track or spending two more hours
in the garage.
Douglas Vincent
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