WHO YA GONNA BELIEVE?
What a hosing!
Graham Light, in his usual droll way, staring into the
camera saying essentially, "Believe me, not your own
eyes and the lying video proof!" In any situation calling
for a decision, he seems incapable of doing anything approaching
the right thing. Not that this is news to anyone, but I
needed to vent my frustration at his continued impotent
"leadership."
John Garner
STEVE JOHNSON WINS THE NATIONALS!
I raced early funny cars with Jim Kirby out of Festus,
MO, for several years, so I know a little something about
the sport (obviously more than Graham Light!).
In fact, I can remember
sending a crew member from each team to the finish line
to determine who actually won at some of our early match
races (it was always better for a strip operator to have
some local guy knock off the paid attraction because it
was cheaper).
So I'm used to a little dishonesty. However, I thought the
winner was the guy who got to the finish line first if he
didn't foul. What am I missing here? I never heard of letting
the timers determine the winner! Is the NHRA courting some
H-D corporate money?
How about raising a little stink to rock the NHRA suits
a little bit?
Thanks and regards,
John Martin
SEEING THE LIGHT?
NHRA has done it again. I'm never surprised when a thoughtless
decision is handed down by Graham Light; his head is so
far up Tom Compton's ass that he'll never see the light
of day again. Mr. Light was a racer at one time, but he
seems to have had his mind wiped clean with POWERade. Steve
Johnson clearly won the final, but it was way too complicated
in Mr. Light's eyes to deal with so he spouted some mumbo
jumbo about needing to finalize the results. I'll guarantee
if it had been one of Schumacher's Army bikes there would
have been a lot more thought and deliberation to award the
decision to Angelle or Antron.
Does anybody in Glendora really care what we, the racers
and fans think? It's time for my NHRA membership to lapse.
I know what I saw.
Tom Conifer
