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Originally Posted by Billy Nees
Is Dragracing a "Sport" like Baseball/Football or is it a "Hobby"? If it's a "sport" then it should be self-supporting, everyone should be making money. If it's a "hobby" then it is being done for the personal satisfaction of the participants (therefore, "it's about us") and no-one should be complaining about making or losing money.
IMHO, here in the 21ST century Drag Racing is no longer a "Sport". To the Pros, it's a "Show", to the Sportsmen, it's a "Hobby". I can't see any way in which the NHRA increases the purses and contingencies to a point where there is going to be enough money to be made to offset the overall expenses. Those days are long gone. If Divisionals are in any way going to be "great again" then it's going to be in the individual minds of the Racers.
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Agree, what we do is a hobby done for personal satisfaction.
That said, divisionals will never be great again based on Bobby's definition of what would make them great. For me and many class racers they are great because they provide a venue for us to race for a NHRA Wally and a NHRA LODRS Championship. I don't care about spectators, barbeques, music or truthfully the payout and neither does anyone else that supports these events because if I or they really cared, we wouldn't show up as my son and I mostly didn't last year, choosing big $ gambler races and supporting my home track's events over NHRA LODRS racing.