Thread: Sad sight at the Mile High Nationals ..........

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If they want me to get excited...

make Pro Stocks out of real cars, with manual transmissions...

Put the engines back out front in the diggers... (Those long slingshots epitomized drag racing!)

and make funny cars use the same engines as the body style!

AA/Gas and blown Altereds should also be raised to "Pro" status

I got hooked on drag racing in 1958. The last 10-20 years I have had a hard time staying interested. The only things that work are... cheering for the likable drivers, not for the multi-millionaire owners with over-inflated egos... and also the underdogs, who are trying to compete against that kind of competition.

One thing that really hurt my devotion was the "dream" that a couple guys who were talented enough could field a competitive pro car. No chance today.

It also doesn't help that it's hard to find a "billboard" paint scheme to get excited about. The cars used to be beautiful, with names that gave them a personality. One day soon we will be cheering for either the tampon sponsored car... the political party car... the animal charity car... or the laxative car!

Yes! As a matter of fact, I DO want to go back to the sixties!) {:-( The only thing I attend today is nostalgia events, and those often have booked-in cars, and don't usually feature much serious competition.

I think the day will come soon that I watch cash Cab, or Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, instead of drag racing. It's actually very sad for me to see my favorite sport eroded away, and only a ghost of it's former self.