[GarysZ24]

I.M.H.O., I will offer things that are hurting drag racing:

1. The increased cost for spectators, and non-professional racers.

2. The doubling of the registration & increased competition costs.

3. Lowering the Stock/Super Stock indexes .3 sec., making it harder for low-buck slower roller racers (me included), to be competitive.

4. Changing the altitude correction factors (along with #3), from the original Stock/Super Stock factors, to the factors used by the .90 Super classes.

5. Perhaps the lack of an over-the-road car show, because the enclosed trailers don't identify the racing operation (good for security, but not for the fans...especially the young ones).

6. Lack of variety in Stock eliminations (at Indy especially), given the changed format of class winners not automatically qualifying for the 128 car field (not to mention single class entries having to be in combo class runoffs...it's not their fault no other cars in their classes showed for the races...they should still get their Wally's for being .5 under the index like it used to be)...many of them may not be quicker against their indexes than the barrage of the newer FSS. Stock Eliminator (at Indy) is essentially becoming Pro Stock with many of the qualified cars being the same, except for paint schemes...no longer so much of the variety we once had...not everyone races one of the Copo Camaro's, Challengers, or Mustangs. Less we not forget how awesome the 2010 A/S Final between John Calverts Ford Thunderbolt, and Jason McCormacks Dodge Coronet was...variety in a battle of equally competitive cars, not today where the newer fuel injected super-charged cars, are battling in the same classes with the older carb.cars.