[Rich Biebel]

For the UMTEENTH TIME Stock& Super Stock racing nearly died in the 70's due to a number of things. One of them is HEADS-UP racing. Right now car counts are high in some divisions but promote changes that make heads-up races more likely and those same car counts will dwindle. Young guys racing with 2 steps and buttons can win.....old guys with piles of money can't dominate.....keep harping on the heads-up form of racing and pretty soon it will look like SS eliminator in 1975...NOBODY SHOWS UP. You can't sell heads-up racing to anyone but a select few that want it and can afford it. What is the car count for Top Stock or Top SS? I know how many cars run Top stock and Jr. Stock around here. Is it fun? I'm sure it is because nothing beats a heads-up race but if that is all there was going on racing in Stock and SS would be DEAD! I have an EFI stocker. It is not nearly as fast as some others in the class. If you are successful in lobbying for changes that make it like the "old days"...I would be out of this category quickly. Win class or qualify in order to have a chance to win an eliminator...NO THANKS. Work endlessly and spend piles of money to keep up with the class leaders, NO THANKS. I can work now to try and get my car better. All the while I still can go to a race knowing I can still actually win. Under the Dick Butler promoted version of Stock or Super Stock I cannot. You will lose countless participants promoting this form of racing and gain very little in sponsor and spectator appeal. The clock cannot be turned backwards. Car companies are not coming back to support drag racing. Sponsors kick in a few dollars here and there for various races but for the most part they are backing other categories. Why? If you don't know why your not being realistic. Open one edition of Nat'l Dragster and count how many ads are aimed at various categories of cars OTHER than Stock and SS........How many 500+ cube engines do Stockers need? Answer NONE......How many sets of Big Duke heads do SS'ers need? answer NONE. How many delay boxes can All of Stock and SS buy and use legally...answer NONE...are you getting the pictiure now Dick...sorry but I think I had to many beers watching the Nascar race...pretty cool though with Harvick and Montoya almost going at it!!!!!!!