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.

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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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