Recent Drag Racing News
 

With the recent death of a spectator at Phoenix, my local tv station had coverage of it this morning.

I am MAD!!!

I wrote to them and asked, what right do they have to do a story on Drag Racing? They have NEVER covered anything on Drag Racing regarding wins, qualifying, or a story of a local driver, say Tim Wilkerson, a big enough name from 35 miles away and the tv station even has a branch in that town.

I know we write letters regarding the use of Drag Racing when it is really illegal street racing, but this I felt was sensationalism at it's worst and wrote the station manager about it.

Steve

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said the same thing to my wife last night while watching the local philly news , never show up to atco , cecil or maple grove unless something bad happens , now reporting on a race from arizona .

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The news channels are all bad. They tell us to keep our kids from playing the violent video games, where the news show nothing but violent stories about murder, theft, fires etc...

Sportscenter is about all the news I need

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Keep in mind the media mantra: "if it bleeds, it leads"

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remember the words in a song "dirty laundry"

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Thanks to all that commented, but I am mad and you should be too.

I challenged the media to give as much attention to the achievements of Drag Racing as they do the sadness. They come up lacking.

Everyone of you on here deserve your "15 minutes" of fame, rather than the hopelessness we feel from this.

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Amen. I'll research and read about any other "news" I need to know about.

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I fully agree... its sad what happened... but the news only shows dragracing when something horrible happens, never show all the progress nhra has made in safety