[Ed Wright]

I hope it helps car counts. I don't understand why SS car counts are so low. Same rules, same cars, what's the problem? They do have some screwy SS classes I never heard of, but also have never seen a car in those classes show up. It's always regular NHRA cars around here. At the Tulsa national event there were (if I remember the exact numbers, I know I'm close) 13 SS cars until Satruday morning when two more showed up. After qualifying that morning, two broke so we were back to 13 for first round. Guys drive right past to run a div 5 points race at Topeka, fighting rain and (I'm told) once again poor track prep. IHRA national events pay more than NHRA points races, and you normally have to run fewer rounds to win one. Some went on to Indy, some did not. Track prep at Tulsa was as good as any I have seen (Weekly races here are often not.) and the weather was good. No rain at all. Tulsa should have not been held that same weekend at Topeka, that is for sure. A couple of good NHRA Div 5 cars came to Tulsa, then went to Indy. Some Texas cars drove right on by to Topeka. Hard for me to figure, but I'm old.