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Originally Posted by Frank Castros

The N.H.R.A. survives without;
Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, Bob Glidden, Shirley Muldowney, Kenny Bernstein, Warren Johnson, Bill Jenkins, Joe Amato, Dale Armstrong, Mickey Thompson, Lee Shepherd, Pat Austin, Eddie Hill, Ronnie Sox, Tom McEwen, Jim Liberman, Don Nicholson, Ed McCulloch, Raymond Beadle, Connie Kalitta, Pete Robinson, Jack Chrisman, Gary Beck, Tommy Ivo, Gene Snow, Jim Dunn, George Montgomery, Art Chrisman , Chris Karamesines, Dick LaHaie, Darrell Gwynn, Brad Anderson, Willie Borsch, Terry Vance, Blaine Johnson, James Warren, Danny Ongais, Frank Manzo, John Mulligan, David Rampy, Frank Hawley, Dave Schultz, Ken Veney, Billy Meyer, Malcolm Durham, Richard Tharp, Elmer Trett and Me!

Bingo. Every time a "big name" stepped away there were other teams still showing up.

To be 100% honest, by there being 2 less JFR cars plus no Mike Salinas & maybe no Scott Palmer in 2020, our low budget (lowest budget of any TF or FC actually) TF car actually has a better chance of qualifying.

So guess what teams like us are doing? We went to Indy 2 (missed qualifying by .003) and we'll be at Indy 3 this weekend.

If there were a ton of TF cars showing up we probably wouldn't have been at either simply because we can't afford to do this without the NHRA qualifying or #17 & #18 showup money.

Sure, JFR is the most recognizable name in drag racing right now. But JFR isn't what defines NHRA. I'm guessing 75% of the people who tune out bc JFR isn't racing will eventually realize we're still having racing and they'll circle back around and start watching.

In the end, I think NHRA will be just fine.