GO TO PLAN B

Why not just separate the two. Let each have their own champ. OR if what you brung isn't enough--bring something else.

Really like your web site.

Bill Sterling

SHORT SIGHTED AND MUDDLE HEADED

Jeff, what are you thinking? You say Pro Mods should be a "balls out, no holds barred, rip your guts out" race to the five-second zone. Have you stopped to consider that these cars are not engineered or certified to run that fast.

How can you possibly think that the rules were fair when only two nitrous cars have qualified all year in the three AMS Pro Mod events? Both of those cars were on the bump and lost in round one.

You say the nitrous cars should be happy with a five-hundredths disadvantage. That is pretty tough to take. In Houston the whole field of eight cars were less than four-hundredths apart and the fastest nitrous car was still five-hundredths out of the field.

It is short sighted people like yourself that could ruin this class just when it has started to gather a huge following among NHRA fans that are hungry for something exciting.

For the record Jeff, we do still drink beer together.

Regards,

Martin Lahaug

SUPER STOCK REDUX

I wholeheartedly agree the Stock and Super Stock classes need to be cleaned up. NHRA has tried to please everyone and in the process has created a confusing mess even the diehard fans can't understand. Moving some of the "non-factory" combinations over to Comp might help both classes.

We all agree drag racing needs a shot in the arm right now, but few seem to agree what remedy should be. Purists always want to go back to "the good old days" when anyone

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who owned a gas station could whip up a Pro Stocker and 30 or 40 teams were taking a shot at a 16-car TF field. Progressives see the throngs lining up for tickets to a "WWF Event" and dream of Jet Semi Trucks, sky divers, and Monster Trucks.

The answer probably ends up in the gray middle ground. We've got to move forward, be modern, and compete for the almighty entertainment dollar, but as purists, we don't want to pollute our beloved sport with cage matches on the Starting Line. (I might disguise myself and sneak in a side gate, but I would pay to see a Warren Johnson/Greg Anderson fight to the finish in a 10-ft high chain link cage with Greg using illegal nitrous hidden in his trunks to put a "sleeper" hold on WJ!!... but I digress).

I really think NHRA and IHRA are missing some marketing opportunities with the sportsman categories. Simplify them, market the "wheelstanding muscle cars" aspect, and quit looking at them as mere filler between their beloved Pro categories.

Terry Friar
Williamston, Michigan