STILL FLOGGING WHIT

Well, let's talk some about Mr. Bazemore. Al Ritter wrote a nice letter and I agree with him on most parts in reference to how Whit is perceived by the fans. I can remember when he was racing on his own nickel as an independent and still had the same crappy attitude. He thinks because he does what he does he's above everyone else, wouldn't give you the time of day if you met him on the street. Now let's get to his other (poster children) I had the pleasure to sit with and meet Don Prudhomme. He sat with my wife and I, drank a beer and talked to us just as a regular guy. I can't tell you how much it meant to myself and my wife that this man would take the time out (of) his schedule to sit around and talk to the regular folks. I guess Don tries to employ the same frame of mind people because at any given national event you will Dick LaHaie cruising through the pits in his golf cart admiring the sportsman cars in the pits. He too will take the time to talk to you if given the opportunity.

Again, Whit got (what) he deserved if not less. If that would have been a sportsman racer that had done that we would (be) sitting on the sidelines because we would have been suspended and fined.

Thanks.

Mike Musgrove

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LIMIT REVS, LIMIT THRILLS?

The new rev limiter in the nitro classes is going to take the thrill out of the sport. Many of us fans are very disappointed this is inevitable. We feel now we have seen the best days of drag racing, so anything past this date will not be worth buying a ticket for. The fearless men embracing the danger was the giggle the sport will miss. If NHRA wants to slow the cars they should have done it when removing the downforce would have set the limit. Thus making NHRA a driver's motorsport with men pushing their skills to the limit of accidents, however surviving due to lower speeds. Gobs of horsepower overbearing the cars and drivers at speeds they can survive is the way to limit these cars, not limiting the cars maintaining the downforce allowing for boring runs with little chance of anything but a straight ride down the track EVERY TIME race after race.

I don't think the opportunity is lost to back 'em up eliminating the down force and the rev limiter thus loosening up the cars and maintaining the thrill factors. Yes, the record-breaking days are over just like NASCAR, but let's not eliminate the sideways factor so thrilling in NHRA. I was thrilled to witness the record-breaking days of NHRA that are now gone forever. Fans 20 years from now will (be) talking about them with disappointment that they are gone forever and didn't have the privilege of witnessing them.

Please pass this forward to anyone who might be able to make a difference as to not eliminate the thrill of the nitro classes.

Respectfully,

Douglas Stewart

PHOTOGRAPHIC MOPAR MEMORY

Why can't Gromer write a NEW article instead of re-hashing an old column he wrote years ago in a Mopar magazine he is the editor of? Gromer has done this in the Mopar magazine too. . .re-hashed an editorial he originally wrote in CARS magazine. If this is all Griff Clomer can do, get rid of the column, I don't want to read something I read years ago, word for word.

Thanks.

Chris DeGidio