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Greg I understand Pomona is my next destination this coming Winter but Indy is a special spot for racers from all over the world, I've met people from Finland,Sweden, Mexico who love coming to Indy. For me it's always been a great place to go racing, as a young wide eye teenager my brother brought me to Indy when he was racing his Jr Stocker, didn't matter that he didn't qualified, just the fact that he competed was all he needed, for him Indy was the Home of the PX where he could be normal with the world after serving in Vietnam as a pilot first with fix wing(Beavers) and on his second tour as Helicopter pilot, for him he just love all the camping, partying and going from motel to motel seeing all the pro's rebuilding their cars in the parking lots. CS I found people are pived off at NHRA but why would you be mad at a racer who builds a car that is competitive right out of the box? NHRA should just add a new class which should be AM/SA for a(top) M (manufacturing) S(stock )A (auto) It was still a great race, I'm always surprised at the resiliency of racers. Tim I usually only go to watch class and the first round, I leave Tuesday drive 15hrs(my daughter and a friend)at three drivers we alternate every two hours which helps in making it a safe ride. Wednesday is a great day for hard core spectators as we have the track to ourselves, same for Thursday and finally Friday the crowds start showing up for the circus that is the pro categories, Nitro Funny Car should change to John Force class, everything is John Force. We leave Saturday and Stop at The Auburn Auction to check on cars I can't afford but this year with the down turn in the economy the prices were down. The crowds can be problematic on Saturday, Sunday and Monday one of the reasons I won't stay for the whole event anymore. I forgot to mention that I got to talk to Bob Glidden and his wife Etta what a great couple, also have to mention that Don Garlits is 78 yrs old but he has a step of a forty years old man. I hope that I have his stamina when I get there. Claude