OK, so I got to ask...how many of you (other then Scooter) still race your own car or do some wrenching time on a car that is currently drag racing??? It's still fun, it's still competitive!!!! Wishing it was still the "good old days" won't change a thing, guaranteed!!! Is it commercialized? You bet it is and you'd better not forget taking care of a sponsor cuz there's a dozen other participants who would love to have him!!!! TV racing in the pro classes is still very competitive, but 3 guys with full time jobs working out of a two car garage next to the house just ain't gonna make it!!!

Want to change it? So do I!!!! Send ADRL, NMRA or one of the other non-NHRA racing organizations your money every year, support them and help it grow!!! Go to a few events even if you have to travel, what will you miss, another NSRA show with a gazillion red Deuces and half a gazillion black Deuces???? Take whatever you got for a runner and go bracket race it...then come back and say how boring and easy it is!!! It's one of the few places a guy who actually wants to be involved in drag racing can afford to compete!!! Racing is still racing and for me it's a heck of a lot more fun to participate at any level then to just sit back and complain about what a rotten job the sanctioning bodies do running their show!!!!

Sorry, but I guess I'm just tired of people complaining about how things are in the world of drag racing and not wanting to do anything about it!!!! There's a lot of things I don't like about NHRA, and whenever there's an NHRA rep at an event I make it a point to look him up and tell him what I like and don't like. I also send them my membership money every year, cuz what we have now is sure a heck of a lot better then nothing at all!!!!

Go race, it's still fun---when you're involved as a participant.....