[Bruce Noland]

Len,

I have sent you a ton of letters over this issue and you have continued to defend the changes. And as you know we are not talking about minor changes. They are both dramatic and hurtful to the racers.

I'll just pull out one for all of us to discuss and then we can move forward through the other serious changes that have been slipped into the ahfs without prior publication or notice to the racers.

In the most recent version under the paragraph Body Style and Engine Type - the fourth sentence states. "In some instances, however, more than one body style will trigger a review." This sentence is not in the orginal version that the racers helped to develop.

And this sentence isn't just about Novas and Camaros. Under Wesley and Skelly this sentence is combining the following body styles. Camaro, Chev II, Chevelle, Corvette, Century, Regal, Cutlas, Omega, Phoenix, Ventura, Firebird, LeMans, Skylark. Soup to nuts! This was not the intent of the original ahfs!

Never before has this grouping of vehicles been considered for reviews and not one person at nhra notified any of the racers that this grouping existed. Only after the review period was over did we find out about this bazaar combination of cars.

The most recent version contains many unannounced changes from the original version. As you know, after all my letters to you and many others at nhra, including Peter Clifford, this is not a minor change.

The fact that nhra may from time to time slip in a "minor" change to the ahfs does not mean that it has given the racers a fair notice that these changes have been added. Like most motor sports organizations, nhra has had a history of publishing all changes in advance of implemtation but that has not been the case with the ahfs. Why?