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[Rich Biebel]

In the late 1960's some special events had crowds like this and people all over the starting line area.

Super Stock was new.....Pro Stock didn't exist yet...
Exhibition cars were being built with all kinds of wild stuff...

York.....Cecil County....and I'm sure others.

I was at York when the crowds were huge behind the starting line....late 1960's....

My question is how in the world is this starting line crowd tolerated when at just about any other race there is NO WAY that many people would be allowed to be that close to cars making 2000hp and more....

We pay a lot of money for safety items,....insurance surcharges.....chassis cert and jump thru hoops to meet the demands made of us by NHRA....all in the name of safety.....

It doesn't add up to an old guy like me......

Sure the excitement and enthusiasm is great but it's just thrill seekers to me.....

Cars doing giant wheelies way down track....big power....danger to the max........fast et's.....big mph...

I've seen it at Cecil when the small tire crowd was there......during a Lucas race and it was allowed.....

I just don't understand how it flys from an insurance and safety standpoint.....

Money talks......