[Mark Markow]

in my opinion this is where nhra is missing the boat. when I was younger, I would often go to a national event with a pocket full of money , looking to buy parts on the midway, and watch some racing. I would walk the pits to check out the pro-stocks , and comp cars up close. and spend , spend , spend.
now you can't even get close to the pro cars anymore. the midway is empty, so without any of these things drawing me to the race, I have no interest in being there anymore as a fan .
so now I'm at these races just as a racer, and I pretty much just race , and go visit my racer friends, I no longer feel I want to walk around the pro pits or the midway. no more spending, I wont give them 30.00 bucks for a t-shirt. so this makes wonder how many fans just stay at home , and watch it on tv. their greed is turning away people, and vendors ect.