[Rich Biebel]

I was told that some chassis builders as well as some others were going to write letters to NHRA Tech urging them to allow the seperate hand brake. They would stress the added safety feature as that is why they installed them in the first place. That was a month or more ago....

This past Sunday......I raced my car for the first time and had my throttle stick on my last run.......Brakes were useless.......Fortunately I just switched to a Ron's Terminator and pulled the fuel shutoff and stopped easily......using both my foot and hand brakes as I usually do.....