GAS ATTACK

This is the final time, I promise! Mr Justice, you in some ways get what I am saying completely in regard to Super Gas. You don't like it, so you don't watch. PERFECT. Works for me. At least you had the decency to call it "that kind of racing" instead of dismissing it completely. One point, and then I will go away. You are in no way subsidizing me when you attend a National Event. I don't get a check from NHRA because guys like you had to sit through our boring classes, and I certainly have never received a check from you personally, so how do you think you are "subsidizing" me in any way? I pay my entry fees (which keep going up) and I pay to have my family attend, so you are 100% wrong. And by the way, I am having a blast!

Tim McCain

SUPER GAS VS. BRACKET RACERS

There must be a lot of people in California that worked drag strips in the 1960's. We all must be old school. Super Gas is not Drag Racing, it's computer generated bracket racing. I believe the simple fact is it all depends on reaction and consistency. Maybe, Mr. McCain, Mr. Runne, Mr. Justice and I can sit in the stands and listen to what the fans say about Super Gas. NHRA better start to listen, they are losing fans everyday to VRA. I'll watch the NHRA on TV, there is no Super Gas..........................ask them why?

Jim Hague
San Ramon, CA

WHY I LIKE DRAG RACING #1

Ian, For me Drag Racing has a personal attraction. In the mid seventies when I was 16 years old everyone including myself had some sort of a Hot Rod. For me it was a 1965 Pontiac GTO 389ci with three deuces. As I was growing up I was always the last picked for any outdoor or for that matter indoor sport as I was always smaller, slower and not quite as strong. When I was on the starting line whether it was on the street or strip I was a good as any of my buddies and unless they just had a significant amount of more horsepower than I did I was better. For the first time in my life there was something that I could compete in and be successful.

I remember as if it was yesterday in 1976 when I heard my first Top Fuel car light up. I knew then as I truly believe now that I could climb in one of those and compete with the best of them given the opportunity. Do I truly Love Drag Racing? I can not imagine where I might be or what I might be doing now without it. It has many times been the one escape I needed to clear my head and get a new focus on what is going on in my life. I have heard Force and others say they love the smell of nitromethane in the morning. Well I love it anytime. I may not ever be able to compete again as I did when I was a kid but I will never stop going to see the Pro's nor will I ever quit dreaming about it. Even after 28 years the sound of a nitro engine lit still makes me feel like a kid again.

Thanks for the great website and sorry it took me so long to find it.

Best Regards.

Robbie Gaines

WILLIAM FAULKNER LIKED DRAG RACING?

WHAT'S the big deal with drag racing? IT IS the SOUND and FURY. There is nothing like an unmuffled car idling at 2000 rpm. AND it is a legal race from a stop light. Just like when you drove your dad's car or your first car you bought yourself. When you got your first car you never raced someone around and around the block.

Bill Sterling

ATTA BOY, TOCHER!

Ian, Just wanted to let you know I thought your interview with Bob Vandergriff was very well done.

Keep up the good work.

Take care.

Anthony Vestal
NHRA Media Relations

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