[Angelo DiTocco]

The situation is what it is - it really isn't fair to blame the NHRA - sometime in the past 10 years or so it was decided that it would be run more as a business and not necessarily in a way that would please the competitors. Whether or not they are a 503c (tax exempt) organization, they still want to find ways to make the business profitable, and that's where the new classes come from. The Foxwood Casino sponsors the Top classes & they are paying for exposure. I have no idea how much, but they are paying. Look at the nationals.. its all marketing now... it has very little to do with being sportsman friendly, and that hasn't been any kind of secret for some time.. No one is being forced to be there. Go if you want to go and don't go if don't want to. People need to do what's right for themselves. Things are going to change and that is inevitable. When you enter through the gates you are agreeing to their terms, like it or not. Somebody always feels like they are getting corked.

I will say this, after having to sit it out for that last ten weeks, I was happy to be there and I did have a good time. I've stopped worrying about other classes, getting jerked around when it rains, not getting a straight answer from any one.... and all of the other BS. I don't think the NHRA guys have it easy, as a matter of fact, I bet it's a pain in the ***, so I try not to be critcal towards them and I don't bust their balls. I'm not going to torture myself. This is how I deal with it...... If I feel like going I go & if I don't, or if I have something else to do, I don't, and that's that. I don't think they notice or miss me when I'm not there, and I don't worry about that either.

At least the Super-Class cars are protected to some degree from the B/S as they have a host of alternative venues to compete in. They can jump right in to any bracket program or attend many of the high-dollar races either locally ot nationally. You can't run these races with a Stocker or a Super Stocker because they are not set up for it and couldn't take the abuse. Outside of class racing, they are very expensive and virtually useless (unless you like to throw money away).. As one of my good buddies always says..... "I'm gonna keep it simple because when this house of cards comes tumbling down I won't lose as much" .