REGAL RUMINATIONS

Almost every NHRA event has had 16 or 17 cars entered in TF, 18 or 19 in FC, 22 for PS, 22 or so for Pro Bike. Just show up with a legal car and driver and you got a shot at qualifying in TF or FC. 16 cars trying to get into a 16-car field. Where's all this competition they keep talking about? If all the teams were limited to one car they'd never fill a 16-car field. Kalitta's odds against NOT winning must be slim indeed, if only by attrition. Maybe Schumacher and Force will enter 16-car teams next year.

You're not the only one not watching NHRA on TV. They don't even bother to use the Sportsman cars for filler anymore. I'd rather drive a thousand miles to watch a SS/AA Hemi Dart run for class than walk across the street to watch all the Pro eliminations at Indy.

You've heard this one a million times already; hear it again: Exactly what the hell body styles are FC's and Pro Stockers? They're even more ludicrous than NASCAR's 2-door, rear wheel drive Taurus et al.

Richard King

BIKER BLESSING

Jeff, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! (My Momma and Daddy always stressed being polite and courteous.) I especially like the (Just Wondering) about Top Fuel Motorcycles. I have a vested interest as we run a Top Fuel motorcycle. Bless you.

Regards,

Sharon Hand
RNE Racing

WADE'S WORLD TURNS LOP-SIDED?

After reading Ms. Wade's current column here and the interview she did with Don Schumacher on another drag racing site, I find myself a bit perplexed. Unless I'm missing something (which is entirely possible), judging by the opinions expressed here, and in the questions she asked of Mr. Schumacher, she feels that NHRA should do something, but

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not what it's done thus far, in terms of safety for the TF and FC classes. In the interview with Schumacher, she tried VERY hard to get him to bad mouth or denigrate NHRA in some way shape or form, with every question seemingly designed to elicit some form of negative response. And in her column for this magazine (e-zine), she continues that train of thought, by essentially questioning the motives, progress and even the qualifications of the people of the task force.

Again, maybe my interpretation is wrong, but it would seem that Austin Coil, Bill Miller and Don Schumacher would be granted some leeway in the credibility department, as it pertains to professional drag racing. Just because she is blinded by whatever personal dislike she may have for the sanctioning body or its personnel, she has no business trying to second guess or question the people who are trying to hit what is most definitely a moving target, which is taking something as violent, loud and nasty as drag racing and combining it into a safer yet still marketable product.

Charlie Nichols
Imperial, CA