'MILLION' BEST-KEPT SECRET?
It might be interesting to check and see what kind of effort
was put behind local advertising. I live here in the Memphis
area and had no idea it was going on.
B.D. Bittner
CHICAGO FANS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
MISSED
I made my first visit to Route 66 for Saturday qualifying.
I can not understand why NHRA moved this race date. The
action was the best that I have seen in years. If attendance
was the issue then the people of Chicago do not know what
they are missing. I drove 5 hours and I will tell you I
will make this track a regular stop. I hope that the NHRA
will move this race back to the October slot. Performance
does sell tickets and making the only stop in the summer
is wrong. Again, to the people of the Chicagoland area,
you don't know what you are missing!
Bob Baldwin
Des Moines, IA
THE CAMERA DOESN'T LIE
Seems like Chicago had a "few" empty seats in
the grandstands. Or was it the angle of the camera?
Steve Metzger
Albuquerque, NM
MISSING DOT INFO
Jok, there is one part you have missed in the definitions
sec 390.5. Commercial vehicle means any self-propelled or
towed motor vehicles used on a highway. Part 1 has gross
vehicle weight, or combo weight of 10,001 or more! Check
this out.
Arlen F. Fadely
GLAD SOMEBODY REMEMBERED
Great article about the Plex. Hard to believe it was 20
years ago. Seems like yesterday. Thanks for the memories.
Bubba Corzine
YOU JUST GOTTA SIGH. . .
NHRA, you are a piece of work. Nothing ever changes...including
the weekly fat paychecks to the mindless drones who run
the outfit. Sure, insult your biggest sponsor(s), lie about
safety, institute toothless "slow-down" fuel rules,
then pump the hope that world records will be set at every
race. Abuse your sportsman racers, increase ticket prices,
let "retiring" drivers come back after they make
a ton of money hawking "my last season" junk to
the trusting who actually fork over hard earned money for
what becomes a joke a year or so later.
I am not so deluded that I think a large corporation such
as NHRA can be run by 1960's retreads who smell of nitro,
however, a corporation must be run within certain parameters,
which include honesty, integrity, fan consideration and
supplier support whilst focusing on maximizing profitability.
Sadly, it appears these key ingredients for corporate success
are missing except for the profit motive.
The really sad thing is that nobody appears to be able
to do anything about it. I am a 40-year drag racer, and
to be honest I wouldn't spend 15 cents to go to an NHRA
event.
Phil Nedham
Toronto
MAYBE NOT SO STRANGE
You hit the nail on the head regarding Stange's experience.
I never got beyond divisional status with my company NHRA
efforts, but the attitude of most of the DDs I came in contact
with convinced me to go IHRA years ago. I don't attend drag
races any more save the local events at Broadway Bob's place
a couple of times a year.
Bottom line is, these management types are laughing at
the participants and they have been for years. They don't
know where their bread is buttered and that isn't good for
the long-term survival of the sport. However, racers aren't
always the most enlightened people on the planet and these
"suits" know this, and obviously don't know where
to draw the line in their disrespect of the customer base.
Michael Hohnstein
President ATD Inc.
Makers of Hipsters Brake
