[Mike Pearson]

My opinion is NHRA wants the new blood factory stockers to be the future of the class. Maybe a 64 car field with an exorbitant entry fee and race for peanuts. There are plenty of stock and super stock cars still racing. The problem is the short quota and the low pay out. How many want to invest 100k to run for a $1200 purse. Raise the quota and purse and then there will be enough cars paying the entry for NHRA to afford tech people again. I am a working man and can only go to so many races each year so I run the divisional and nationals that are close to my division. That's the way it should be. The local division racers should have first chance at a national event in their division. I would not be in favor of adding any new classes to stock or SS. They asked if we wanted to combine stick and auto this year in SS. They didn't even consider they the HP and indexes are not the same for both. So what do you do with that. That was one of the things the SRAC was discussing and it was postponed for more info.
The problem with the new factory stockers is once the factory stops producing the cars and parts that will end those classes. The economy is improving now but how long will it last. Some bean counter will step in and ask what are we getting for our investment. I don't think the factory race cars are a sustainable future for the class. Very expensive.