[Alan Roehrich]

Don,
That's an apples to oranges comparison. Major League Baseball, the NBA, the NFL, and the NHL, just to scratch the surface, are purely for profit organizations of extremely wealthy owners of billion dollar franchises, provided with government subsidized venues, and paying union represented athletes millions of dollars.

By comparison, NHRA is a 501 (c) non profit sanctioning body charged with promoting safety and the sport of drag racing.

NHRA is charging exhorbitant gate fees, and absurd licensing fees, not to mention a huge cut of concessions. Mostly from private track owners, and fans. They get massive cuts of every sale on the property. It's a combination of a monopoly and a RICO violation.

The absurd cost to attend an event, which they do a horrific job of promoting to begin with (remember, promoting drag racing is the main reason for their NON PROFIT existence) prevents most working class families from considering a weekend of racing as good affordable entertainment.