I don't know who's idea it was to combine the CHRR with the Heritage Series, but if you know, take it up with them and let's end the reunion bashing.
If I am ever able to attend, it sure won't be to see those ugly front-motored fuel dragster wannabes. Here in the East, when I think of front-motored fuel dragsters, I remind myself of the six car display at the Garlits Museum consisting of, Gary Cochran, Chris Karamesines, Connie Kalitta, Creitz & Donovan, "Kansas" John Wiebe and one more, who's name escapes me. If that display doesn't take one's breath away, I don't know what will.
Lastly, I attend the Gatornationals every year, including doorslammer Thursday. Btw, I have been to more than 2/3 of them and still enjoy them.
Mark you remind me of the current President, you accuse some of us of Reunion bashing, which we are not - are you now going to call us racist as well? You have not been there, yet you demand the status quo?
Adding a Friday night qualifier for nitro cars will hurt the Reunion? I call BS, take the racing out of the Reunion where it never should have been, NHRA is incapable of promoting and running anything like a Heritage Series because they have NO IDEA how to MONETIZE it!
There are NO drag racing promoters left at NHRA or the Museum, so leave it to the Famoso Raceway Staff to administer - rather than CONTROLLING the situation with in-town gatherings that are thinly supported, compared to the people who are dismissed from the track at 4:30 PM. You pick it, go to the Doubletree or stay and see a great round of Nitro qualifying for one of the most important, decisive races for Heritage racers of the year.
Easy, leave the racing to the racers, if spectators and racers want to visit the Doubletree for heir dose of "history" let them go! However there were over fifty NITRO cars there at the Reunion to finish their racing year (their World Finals) and they get two qualifiers. At every Heritage race over the course of the 2013 season there were three nitro qualifiers, get it? They, the nitro racers, pay their own way to get in and get a crappy payout that is vaguely referred to as being part of the support of the Museum, which is is not.
BTW, where was the mystery "administrator" of the Heritage series to hand out the Series Trophies and Event Trophies at the end of the Reunion, yeah, whomever they are were either back at the hotel or on their way back home.
Mark, you have the Reunion, nobody wants to take that incredible experience away from you, but having a real year end Final for the Heritage Series is not secondary, just in the wrong hands.
You and I belong to the same organization and for as long as I have been a member
I let my NHRA membership expire last year after many, many years of membership. I can't support a Sanctioning body that attempts to run by itself without giving anything worthwhile back to the sportsman racers. A pin, a patch, a rulebook, a video, National Dragster... um not enough for me.
NHRA could give a crap.
