Just observing here.....

[Rory McNeil]

I don`t really think the lack of spectators in the stands for Stock & S/S is due to those classes being handicapped, (for the most part). Pro Stock is a true "heads up", no breakout, first to the finish line wins class, with incredibly close side by side racing, and still as soon as the first Pro Stockers pull into the water box, the typical "race fans" scurry from the bleachers en masse, as if NHRA was giving away free beer and T shirts in the Pro pits. If they can`t be bothered to watch Pro Stock, I really doubt that they would have any interested in watching "slow", (by comparison) Stock & S/S cars go down the track. Unless of course, the losing cars would crash and burst into flames at the finish line. But of course, that would create scheduling issues with the live TV broadcasting.