[cicero819]

I have never been a Big John Force follower mostly due to NHRA using him as their poster child but I have to give him his due, he's a great promoter and race driver. I have a small story to tell, I was sitting on the return road at the 1987 Grand National in Sanair and I was checking John Force new Cabover Peterbuilt when all of a sudden this guy behind me says " nice isn't it, do you want to check the inside" this was John Force the Trucker not the racer, he took my brother and myself on a tour of the truck and trailer explaining everything that was custom built for him by PB, this guy was so proud of his truck but he knew that he had better start winning or it was all going to go bye bye for him and he would be back pulling his junk(his on words) behind a pick up truck. I'm not surprise that he lasted 18yrs. So don't feel bad for him, he never thought it would last this long. Now, NHRA is run by imbecile going downhill with a runaway train with no brakes and no ideas on how to stop the derailment of our sport because not one single idiot has ever race for fun or a for a living. Nascar great Bill France once said" only count on your paying fans at the track to guarantee your survival, everything else is just cream on the cake" in other words don't count on tv to save your arse, it's the seat in the stands that count. Claude Ruel