[Doug Hoven]

To be honest, I'm not sure when class racing will "end" completely. Toyota has announced that 2025 will be their last season in the Pro categories. I would be more inclined to believe that the Pro classes are going to fizzle out before the sportsman classes. We don't really need manufacturer support to continue racing our classes, but they do. I would think that in the next 10 years, if NHRA politely tells us to "piss off," I'm sure there will be a surge in association races around the country. I am also concerned about the amount of Stock/SS drivers that are, for lack of a better term, going to "age out" in the next 10-15 years, but I don't think it will cause sportsman racing to die instantly. Me personally, I just want to go racing. Whether that means running Stock, Super Stock, Pro ET, No-Box, I'm going to race as long as I can. For what it's worth, even with a Q-jet, a 3 speed, and running C11, the few times I've 1/8 mile raced the nova, it usually repeats within .01 all day.