A VOTE FOR 10.5

A 10.5 class in the NHRA/IHRA would be the best move they could make. Look at the southern tracks, packed when outlaw 10.5 racers come to play. Real cars/real power and on the edge. Heads up 10.5 is real drag racing, something the consumer can relate to.

Bill Gilsbach
Detroit, MI

JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!

Just wondering myself. . .with a lot of teams being priced out of competition, should NHRA take control of the budgets of the bigger teams? Giving the lesser gods a chance to compete? Or would we people actually take more notice of the stock classes. A bigger consideration would be if NHRA took over budget control would there be money left after all executives paid themselves?

John Geltink
Arnhem, the Netherlands

FUTURE NOT SO ROSY

Let me start by saying that I enjoy your site. My first drag race was in 1964 at Green Valley and I was hooked. These days I only watch on TV and the current state of racing is for the most part a sad sight. All of the T/F cars are the same except for the money invested by sponsors and the same goes for Funny Car. It seems to me that in a lot of ways the "OLD DAYS" were a lot more fun to watch. Nothing today can compare to the 1967 PDA meet at

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Lions with over 100 fuelers and no silly burnouts. Just race after race of 7-second tire-smoking cars. As a 16-year-old kid I was in heaven.

I know things are supposed to get better with time and technology, but have they? I don't see a very rosy future for drag racing unless more attention is paid to the "little guy" and making going to the strip more wallet friendly. One last thought. Why in the world do motorcycles get to take up TV time instead of a real race car such as AA/Fuel altered or Pro Mods?

Thank you for letting me vent a little.

Vincent Young
Mesquite, TX

SAFETY QUESTION

I think Mr. Krisher is very fortunate that he didn't badly need the services of the safety safari. Those hired to "protect and serve" the racers on the track weren't even in their gear. Sequence shows him being hosed down by one.

What is the "standard of safety" for all concerned? As the racer is prepared, also the track should be in total readiness before the tree comes down.   

Dan Griffin

SAFETY SUGGESTION

I was reading this article and was wondering if they could use an airbag deployment type of sensor on the PS cars to shut the fuel system off? They could also use a sensor that's on some of the new Expeditions that detect a rollover that would shut the fuel off. That way you wouldn't have to worry about tire shake tripping the system. It was just a thought and I thought you could pass the idea along.

Thanks,

Klay Henderson