STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER
I see in your current article you forgot to mention one
of the pro classes, Alky Funny Car and what is going on
with it. Just curious as to why.
As far as the IHRA management wanting support from racers
and fans, I have emailed several of them with questions
through their web site and I have not heard back from any
of them .
David Quesenberry
Twinsburg, OH
KEEP PRO MOD DIVERSIFIED
Pick one, 1957 Chevrolet or 2006 Cobalt. . .1968 Mustang
or 2006 Focus. . .1969 Camaro or 2006 SS truck? The Pro
Mod cars bring more style points and retro excitement than
anything over in Pro Stock or Pro Bike (sorry guys). I'd
rather see the retro styled bodies + new technology (NOS
vs. turbo vs. supercharged) stay in the spotlight.
Just last night I received a copy of Hemming's Muscle Machines
magazine and the photo I remember today is the black and
white photo of Jim Oddy's 1953 Vette in the Isky cam ad.
Sometimes different is much better than the cookie cutter
reproductions - at least we can remember them in a month
of two.
Best wishes to all the PRO MODIFIED DRIVERS & TEAMS
and good luck in 2006. Keep it WILD!
David Crawley
Tennessee
WHERE IS THE ORGANIZATION FOR
THE RACERS?
NHRA is and always been a self-serving bunch. Unless they
needed the sportsman cars to fill in at their shows and
allow routine maintenance for the dragsters and fuel coupes
they most certainly would do away with them also. I really
don't know how they enjoy the status of a non-profit organization
as they don't perform any charitable acts. They merely line
their pockets with the millions of dollars they extort from
the sponsors and racers and fans every year. Now that the
paper (National Dragster) is no longer doing any technical
articles I have discontinued my membership.
Harold Sutton
Oologah, OK
RULED OUT OF COMPETING
I will be 64 in two weeks, and consider myself a Nostalgia
Racer. I was building a 514" cad powered '29 A (true)
Roadster! I will probably never race that piece, as the
rules (as far as I can tell!) price me right out of competition.
Hell, the roll cage alone will cost a fortune!
I was laboring under the delusion that I could build a
"low bucks" ride & take it to the Nostalgia
Drags, but you know what, Jeff, to fit their rules (it $eem$)
I might as well build an AA/Altered $$$$$$ NUTZ !!! I just
cant afford it and it looks like I will buy an economical
Coupe body and go that route.
If you have any thoughts on this matter and HAVE the TIME,
let me know what you think.
Thanks.
John W. Sinkankas
Knoxville, TN
PS: their "rules" are NHRA!
MAYBE IT GOES WITH AN MBA?
I learned 30 years ago that as far as NHRA management is
concerned, the racers are a "necessary evil" they
endure to fill their pockets with gold. Do you REALLY believe
NHRA would even exist today if it wasn't the prime source
of financial wealth for the suits? I have no problems with
NHRA being run as a proper business, but I do have a problem
with the financial greed, which is the exclusive justification
for NHRA's current existence.
All I can say is that it's no surprise to me at all that
the greedy continue to look for ways to line their pockets.
See Enron, WorldCom, Microsoft, Intel and countless other
companies for examples of pure financial greed. And in those
companies you will see that the "paying customer"
and average employees are abused just like NHRA racers who
pay to race. Financial greed seems to know no boundaries,
especially in America.
How many companies do you see rushing to help the unfortunate
who survived Katrina with just the clothes on their back?
If they can't make huge profits from minimal efforts, many
companies just ain't interested in people. It's all about
the money...and it always will be for most suits.
Randy Hubbard
