[jmcarter]

48 hour pre-entry leaves a pretty tight window for NHRA to print everything up ahead of time...beauracracies are like that. In their defense though it sure is nice to roll right in and have them hand you a printed packet and then guide you to a good pit place which they've allocated space for based on entries. No doubt they are holding lots of money...good example is how much stock entry money they hold for Pomona, Maple Grove, Reading, Indy, etc. but at the same time there is SO much demand for some classes at specific markets that turning the gates open for entries would bring a bit of chaos. Regarding their entry policy, one instance where NHRA really scored points with me was how they allowed late withdrawals at Reading last fall due to the weather/track conditions.

Got on a NHRA defense roll there...who da thunk it?