Re: If an advocate could be found - what would you say?
Bruce -
If it were possible, it would be good to have someone to be an advocate and at the same time to be a source to know what is being discussed at NHRA for the future of Stock/Super Stock racing. At this time, NHRA is the only support that keeps this venue alive. I'm sure a lot of that is because of the continuing support of racers who grew up during the hey-day of S/SS racing and want to continue that. Realistically, the type and structure of the racing that we knew will not continue in perpetuity and certainly cannot be recreated in the current world. And that generation of racers is not immortal nor is the inventory of cars found in the Class Guides growing. In these economic times, it will probably take outside support to be able to grow a stock-bodied racing program, as we have seen with the FSS cars. A mass of individuals participating will not happen again as what established S/SS racing in the 60s and 70s. So, hopefully NHRA is doing some future planning that would be looking for sportsman level participation that will continue to generate the loyalty, excitement and participation that S/SS racing has enjoyed for the past 50 years. We would benefit from those discussions, evaluation and planning.
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