[Mike Semeniuk]

There is no simple answer to your question and the last 5 years have added to the myriad of reasons why the turn out has been dropping. Some things that occurred years ago still linger with some racers. In a nut shell think in terms of Politics, policy, program, parking, weather and of all the S/SS racers in Alberta, the majority race NHRA division and national events in BC and the Pacific Northwest. So sometimes the decision is time and expense to get to places and race VS time at home waiting for the program to move forward. In addition, this year there are a few cars not race ready. This may be oversimplified- but should be insightful.
Alberta was a hub of S/SS for 40 years, times have changed with Top Eliminator cars moving to the forefront and some S/SS cars locating south of the border for the race season.

We need younger racers to come on over- and in that respect S/SS is the same all over.

The Edmonton race is no longer a " national event" like most are familiar with, and no records can be set on the division race- so ------

BTW- this is as I see it and others may not see it the same way.