[Alan Roehrich]

Scheduling is tough, I agree completely. But it seems we have directors and promoters that make it way tougher than it should be.

The Bowling Green event has always been pretty big (we out drew the Atlanta event when the scheduled it against the Bowling Green event) I'm not sure how much it will grow now. I do hate to see it competing against Maple Grove, but the only thing that has changed is what they call the Bowling Green event, it isn't like they moved it on the calendar.

I think there could be a lot more scheduling cooperation, it's really sad that NHRA does not do more to encourage it. Some of the conflicts are just stupid and unnecessary, it's almost as though they were deliberate. There are even some events that seem to be scheduled to discourage people from attending. Bristol is a prime example. It was a great race when it was in the spring. But then they had the problem with the track and postponed it until July, and they've been running it in June ever since. The air sucks, and the conditions are miserable. There is no reason not to have it in April or October.