SOME CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE

My father and Gary Densham are very good friends. A couple of years ago during dinner with them, he and Gary were discussing NHRA's desire to slow the cars down, and Gary said it could be done very easily, but for some reason, unbeknownst to him, they (NHRA) either weren't looking in the right place or they didn't know what they were looking for.

He continued that the single biggest way to slow down the cars would be to open the bottom of the blower back up. Now with the setback blower, you could do what Gary was talking about several years ago, and outlaw the setback blower. Along with some of the aero modifications that have been bandied about, I'm sure it would create a less

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dangerous situation for the interim future.

Then NHRA needs to create and maintain and R&D department like NASCAR has, to further try new ideas with the chassis builders and teams, and share some expense. Too bad NHRA has a "we want our cake, and eat it too," philosophy. They want it safer (no lawsuits), but don't want to spend any money. They would prefer the teams spend all the money, then submit the ideas so they can shoot them down.

I have been involved in drag racing for 25 years, it has always really bothered me that no one listens to safety discussions until someone dies. And now in this case, after someone needlessly dies, they argue over how to do it. We own an A/Fuel car, and when we decide to do something that is on the edge, I always ask myself, how much is my life worth? I wish these guys would do that once in a while. For if you cannot decide, then someone (NHRA) should have the balls to decide for you!

Just my 2 cents worth. Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

Blake Hennessy

MONO STRUT IS GOOD FIRST STEP

It is my humble opinion that going to a mono strut wing strut with the base mounted in basically the same location as present but in a forward tilted attitude would make it harder for a disintegrating tire to take out the strut and would change the loading vectors on the chassis in such a way as to actually be pushing the center of the chassis down rather than trying to bow chassis up over a barrel. This change would slow the cars down some while tuners try to get a handle on the new deal and perhaps give Goodyear a small amount of relief in their quest to build a better tire that is less prone to disintegration on the top end, hence giving everyone concerned a small break until the next logical progression of speed and E.T. takes place.

Tim Gilbreth

WELL, SOMEONE WOKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED

Jeff Burk, you really show your ignorance with latest farce of an editorial. In the true interest of the advancement of Drag Racing, why don`t we cut back on the readership of your stupid internet garbage rag (which we most certainly intend to do, along with not supporting any of your site sponsors, and also letting them know why, with every available chance). Right pal, 1/8th mile tracks, $10,000 fines and 8-car Nitro fields are the answer, huh? That`s really about as stupid as that idiot Booby (sic) Bennett`s wonderful suggestion of eliminating 1 of the Nitro classes some time ago in "Drag action mag". I have wrenched Nitro cars since 1972 and Nitro classes have survived much longer than that, with many such ignorant attempts to emasculate those remaining classes. I`m sure that Nitro Racing will weather your feeble attempts as well. Why don`t YOU give Drag Racing a break, and stop pontificating when you have nothing beneficial to contribute, as usual! The only change needed in the "Status Quo" is to knock YOU off your high horse.

Robert J. Flitsch
Waukesha, WI