NHRA as seen by the pros.

[Bobby Zlatkin]

The profesional racers interests and the sportsman's interests are very different. They do it for a living and we do it for fun.

The answer may be some of these colalitions that are being formed. Jim Woods and his Florida group or the newly formed Carolina Class Racer's Assoc. or some super class groups being formed. They are in the early teething stages, but every one seems to really enjoy these events.

The tracks that are hosting these events have shown that they want us. Not as filler, but as the show. That's who we should be supporting, the local track owners that have shown that they really want us. Not the fat cats in Glendora who think of us only as whining step children.

Trouble is, we look at the sactioning bodies for our rules. They set our standards and provide us with our guidelines. And that's their main hold over us. They let us think they really wanted racer imput through our racer representatives but we saw where that went. It was just just lip service. While they control the rules, they have us in a headlock. They've got us.

The answer to that; I don't have a clue.