[gymracer01]

Very interesting thread at a very interesting time. I'm lucky enough to race with cash. That's because I'm retired from one state and went right back to work in another doing the same job. Being older I have learned the hard way to operate this way. I built a couple of cars in the 70's with every dollar I could scrape up and not have enough money to race them. I had planned to build an engine to run SS/GT with my car this year, but with fuel prices and uncertianity, I'm holding on for now. I race with the NMCA which has less races and cost less to run. I have always been a fan of NHRA but realized I could not afford it when I started racing Nationaly in 99. I'm very thankful that the NMCA schedule looked good for us last year and we were able to win the championship. We went to the first race in Bradenton and runner-upped this year so we broke even or better on that but will not run all the races this season unless we go to more finals. I love racing as much as anyone but I won't put my family in danger to do it and hope no one else will either. Like someone on here said, you can tell by my tow rig, I run a cash deal. Good luck all and let's hope it gets much better.
Jim Netherland
2007 Nostaglia Super Stock World Champion
1967 Buick GS 400 B/NSS