[Ron Finney]

NHRA needs to get their act together with regardsto racers sticking their heads out of the cage at 170+. They are even publishing close up photos of this in National Dragster. In this weeks issue you can clearly see Brad Plourd in two rounds with part of his head in front of the bars. There was a full page ad a few weeks ago for a company where the driver was outside the cage.

If you want to kill yourself thats fine....but don't pull surprise inspections at the end of the track like at the fall classic with the go-no go gauge to see if we are behind the cage far enough. It is obvious that these drviers are wearing their belts extremely loose. Yet, NHRA "threatens" to disqualify a racer for taking off his/her equipment while still on the racing surface. OK NHRA, which way is it???

Makes one question the integrity of the NHRA crew that are supposed to be looking for this type of stuff during an event. I know those guys are only human but come on Graham Light, Color glossy photos?????