HEAVY HARLEYS
Seems to me the ONLY way for all the whiners
to beat the Harleys, is to cry to NHRA and
make them instantly NON-COMPETITIVE. Isn't
it amazing how the other non-Harley teams
all of a sudden found some NEW horsepower
at the Craftsman Nationals?
Greg Anderson said, "It would be like having
me add 240 lbs to my Pro Stock car, and I
wouldn't even be able to qualify."
I bet that the Harley people are thrilled
after spending untold millions developing
a competitive package and struggling over
the last several years, to have their endeavors
become non-competitive (mid-week mind you).
Now I know why a REAL smart guy like Bob
Glidden let out the string just enough to
be dominant in his heyday. Bet the Suzuki
and the Kawasaki guys had a REAL laugh at
the resulting VICTORY party.
NHRA is becoming a rudderless sinking political
vessel and fans of this sport should e-mail
NHRA to show their disdain.
Eugene Wagner
P.S. Won't be seeing me or my family at any
overpriced NHRA events in the near future.
IN THE KNOW
On 6-23-04 you wrote Harleys get their reward.
Aw too bad. What about 160 inches to 92 inches
and how about electronic fuel injection to
carbs?
In other words why doesn't NHRA just give
the damn Harleys the first place trophies.
Oh and why are they even called Harleys? They
don't even have to have factory original cases
and what's this little deal about 1-inch offset
of the cylinders? Is everybody supposed to
be stupid about what's going on? The real
dragbike owners, builders and drivers know
the story.
R. Nichols
BURNDOWN TIMED -- REELY
Enjoyed the story about the burndown between
Garlits & Carbone. I have on audiotape the
mentioned ABC broadcast, although I haven't
been able to hear it for years (still searching
the flea markets for a functioning reel to
reel). But back then, I did stopwatch the
burndown at one minute 45 seconds, and it
didn't appear to me that ABC had "messed with"
the editing of it. The immortal Keith Jackson's
call, "GARLITS UP IN SMOKE!!......CARBONE
WINS IT!"
Gentlemen, keep up the good work, I really
enjoy your product.
Regards,
Jon T. Hoffman
COST OF RACING
Just read your article on cost of Pro Stock
racing. I know it takes money to go racing,
but should racing ONLY be about money? It
is a sad state of affairs when the "sport"
we love turns into just another way of generating
HUGE sums of money for a few individuals and
cutting the small guy out of the mix altogether.
The fans should step back and look at what
is happening to their sport. We've gone from
guys in dirty t-shirts having a good time
all the way to multi-million dollar teams
with no personality and not really having
much fun from what I see.
Steve S.
