Because of the overflow of riveting threads here ...
Here was my thought process in bringing this discussion up here:
People moan here all the time about the fortunes of the sport, about the lack of attendance, about the poor funding, about how NHRA is screwing the pooch, etc. On the other hand, here is a competitive motorsport (along with NASCAR) that were started at roughly the same time period, but with vastly different outcomes. Exceptionally well funded, big audiences around the nation and the world, and so on. Pretty much have, in many ways, the kind of attention and money that people wish for drag racing.
I had hoped it might spark a "one of these things is not like the other" discussion. Perhaps some introspection on what these other sports have done well, what kind of promotion, sponsorships, audience-building efforts they have done that have worked for them.
But I clearly mis-judged. What people around here want to do is complain.
I'll leave you to it.
