RIGHT ON TRACK

You hit the nail on the head Burk! "Run What Ya Brung" racing back in the early days of Funny Car provided the most entertainment and performance for the buck. Will Force's new Mustang body resemble a Mustang? I doubt it. Innovation got pushed way beyond just having a "trick" setup. Sounds like the ADRL is getting on the right track!

Jim Millard
Toronto, Canada

BERTHA FAN

Thanks for the Monty Berney story. I met him when he was match racing in the Midwest in 1993 against the Weiss '65 GTO. Then to Memphis for the finals. Great guy and killer car then. The car now is unbelievable and he is racing against tube cars.

Thanks .

Sam Lawson
Wildwood, MO

OF THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER THING

Yo Jeffy: That psychedelic background on your pic is really cool. Background info about it please?

Blogs - I've started to read some and I remember a few recently that admitted the PR guy is penning them. At least that's honest.

Whit Bazemore's stuff on Comp Plus is awesome and almost unheard of in drag racing history. Please name any other

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times in the last 55 years that a nitro guy interviewed and published about other nitro guys? I say bravo, huzzah, and bring 'em on!

You guys also have a tremendous opportunity with your Frank Oglesby stuff. You guys deserve fawning admiration for having the gonzo's to give Frank an outlet.

I only hope some day he's in a position to write openly about some of the meathead ameoba's-have-more-brain-power pinheaded geek anti-decisions some of the major sanctioning bodies have made over the years!

And speaking for the entire online community, we're all anxious to see how many times Chris Martin mentions Frank Zappa in his next columns.

Your humble servant,

85% Jimmy Becktel

P.S. Could you please force Cole Coonce to have just a wee bit of public remorse for nuking Nitronic Research? I no longer think he should be taken out like G. Gordon Liddy offered to do to himself during Watergate, but, geeez, you know, Nitronic was so cool and Sorenson and the Mazi-Hovsepians and Ski and, uh. . .ME and many others have not reconciled our loss. It's our own personal 9/11 tragedy.

The psychedelic background was the idea of Caitlin Moriarity, our Asst. Managing Editor who will soon be leaving us to move to San Francisco, and was created by Art Director Matt Schramel. (wink, wink) -- Ed.

PRO MOD ON NITRO

What a kick ass f***ing picture! Wow!

Richard Pauza
Gilberts, IL

Yeah, we think so too. More great work by our Art Director, Matt Schramel, adding nitro flames to a photo by Ian Tocher. -- Ed.