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WE'RE A SMALL GROUP
After the last 10 years, I've come to the conclusion
that a vast number of people in this country
could care less about Drag racing! Now I will
admit that if NHRA paid $1 million to win the
Championship in TF and FC, that would generate
some media interest. I like the fact that I
don't have to sit in a 3 hour line to go to
a NHRA race. And the Tickets are for the most
part reasonably priced. If NHRA had just 8 car
fields, you'd be lucky to have 10-12 for each
class!
Joe Sherwood
Albuquerque, NM
DRAG RACING NEEDS MORE INK
Jeff, you are so right with regards to drag
racing in the news. I travel for a living and
everyday I "hope" to read some tidbit about
anything related to the sport. I read multiple
papers throughout the day and I find zero, nothing,
zilch... 99% of the time.
Either market it or get out of the way and
let some folks who know how do so. Sick of "as
NASCAR" goes, so goes auto racing.
Regards,
Tom Burgan
REDUCE DOWN-FORCE
From reading your article I can see there are
many opinions on how to improve our present
situation. I feel that it is as simple as reducing
down-force to start our changes. What this does
is increase tire spin, which forces crew chiefs
to detune the cars. Once
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someone
out runs you because they are not spinning you
have to do the same. Down-force seems to come
into play around 1.50 to 1.80 secs. into the
run, which means slower speeds to half track
also. By reducing down force you reduce drag
which means it takes less power to run good
ET's, but at a slower speed.
From my experience with Big Daddy and the mono
strut car I feel there are gains in safety and
performance that we have already tested. From
funny car experience, I have seen tire issues
because of too much spoiler on good tracks at
speeds as low as 313+-. Lowering our spoilers
at least 2 inches would be a start. Policing
the change would be a little tough, as low tire
pressure, short tires etc, have been used to
pass tech even with the spoiler heights that
we have now.
As far as Brad's comments about keeping the
car straight, cars ran straight before big wings,
dragster wheelbase keeps them straight. The
tire pressure move is very good. I have always
tried to run higher pressure and feel the tires
looked better because of that. 85% will help,
but not the answer.
Thank you for your time,
Richard Hogan
TIME FOR DRIVER TUBS
I believe that the composite driver tubs is
a great Idea for top fuel. If I'm not mistaken,
there are no fire extinguishers on the top fuel
cars. . . Um, why not? Come on that's an obvious
improvement that needs to be required. Good
call on taking Goodyear's suggestion for tire
pressures. The task force should be a nice addition
as long as things actually get done.
Mike Schoenmeyer
Cleveland, Ohio
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