[T Hall]

First of all, the quote,,,,“thought” of being able to “win” the big money " is a little confusing. The NHRA payout is very little if you win compaired to the possable contingency winnings. Regardless, we all love to race and everyone including NHRA and IHRA knows that, it is an addiction, a passion that never goes away. With that being said, most of us race because we love it, and if we win, then the money is a great bonus, with the exception of a few, Dan fletcher, Biondo, etc who do it for a living, thats the icing on the cake. ,I have my one and only Walley placed where I can see it everyday, but the monies I won that day are long gone, but I would have traded the money for the memories and the trophy any day.
Fortunatly for me, in this troubled time, I still have a good job and everything is status quo, "knock on wood", so I will keep going racing as I can afford and things will change for the better, History repeats itself, As long as NHRA upper management addresses it somehow and it doesnt seem as though they are, but who knows what is goingon behind the seens, we will all be driving many miles again just spend a lot of money riding around on our golf carts and B,S ing with each other and going a few rounds, complaining about something of course, but thats part of the fun.
The only thing that could keep me away right now would be affordability, and I am going this weekenfd to get myself a new scooter, doing some improvements on my race car and doing my share of stimulating the economy. Hopefully that will continue.
Sorry for the long Jason type rambleing. No offense Jason, I like your mpost.
Tony