[Evan Smith]

I think there are quite a few racers who know that NHRA does, in fact, still tech cars. Ask anyone who's been to the barn. Sure, there should be more teardown, and better yet, more aggressive inspection, but with a soft economy there are less tech men and women to do the work. I'm not defending NHRA, as I know there are shortcomings, but I chose to accept it and enjoy racing with my family and friends, which is why I go to the track.

Class racing is alive. There was plenty of racing and heads-up action last year and car counts are still up from decades ago. There are more Class run-offs than in year's past as well. I will take the Ken Miele approach on this. No one has to race, if it is not fun anymore don't do it. I do agree that there could be improvements, which is why I wanted to be a part of the SRAC, but even though things aren't perfect, I still enjoy racing. The rules, indexes and such might not suit everyone, but Class racing is far from dead.

I'm sure racing in the '70s was not what it was in the '60s and racing in the '80s was not what it was in the '70s and so on. In my 42 years I've leaned that nothing stays the same, everything changes and you can either roll with it and make the best of your situation or you can talk about what things used to be.