[Alan Roehrich]

Dick, for pete's sake, lay off the doom and gloom. Even though we (Kevin and I) are sitting it out for a while, we can see that it's getting better, not worse. We are working on returning. The new cars are in their own classes where they belong, and the car counts are up, despite the weak economy.

Could some things in Stock and Super Stock be better, and be done better? Sure. But they're not dying classes and they don't need to be reinvented or radically altered to survive. Anyone claiming that is doing more harm than they'll ever do good. People wanting to throw the baby out with the bath water are a hazard to the sport.

Yes, NHRA could do a lot to encourage, and reward, performance. Yes, more emphasis could be placed on performance. But there also must be a balance that has to be maintained.