National Dragster publication changes??

[Rory McNeil]

Several years ago, you got the rule book included, AND a "free" T shirt. Now you get neither, but you still get a hat pin. Yipeee.

[The Hawk]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Several years ago, you got the rule book included, AND a "free" T shirt. Now you get neither, but you still get a hat pin. Yipeee.

Be thankful for the free t-shirt. I`ve been a member since `82 and have never gotten a shirt unless I paid for it. I still don`t have one.

[Ed Wright]

Been a member since late '60s, don't remember any tee shirts.

Ask Jeff, probably a member since '55. Used to wear a beer opener on a string around his neck until pop tops came along.

[442OLDS]

I always try to renew my membership at the National event in Joliet every year,and by doing so ,I get a free NHRA membership t-shirt.

[Jeff Kempton]

If I remember correctly; for awhile you got a free t-shirt if you renewed at the midway kiosk at a national event. At other times they gave you one of the Diamond P tapes. I used to renew at Englishtown every year to get the extra perk. I don't think it was offered if you renewed via mail.

Regardless of how you slice it you don't get nearly as much for your money now. As far as the cost difference for Canada, while I agree that postage to Canada is a higher it doesn't justify the large price spread between us and the U.S.

[Lyn Smith]

Over on Drag Racing Online they are still saying the Dragster will go to every other week!!!They just posted it again today.

[racerhead]

I've been told from a direct source that it's official. Biweekly. The change must have been sudden because they had already announced the weekly schedule at the end of last year. I know it represents a loss for subscribers and it's hard for me to conceive of Dragster as anything but a weekly, but it is a boost for advertisers, who now get two weeks worth of time and more chance that their ad will actually be viewed before the next issue arrives.

All publishing has taken a huge hit in the past decade. Dragster is no exception. It remains the leading publication in the sport, and as a contributing columnist, i hope that the publication earns the support of its members.

Bruce Deveau

[holley]

Can anybody say "reorganization" They need to bring the "Bob's" in, new blood, differen't set of eyes to look at this internal structure of NHRA.

[racerhead]

What historically made National Dragster special and important was the immediate source of results and photos. in the past decade immediate has taken on a whole new meaning. Results are available on the web instantly and ND has become increasingly irrelevant. Everyone knows that fact and they had to change. The best that the paper had to offer was getting missed because people weren't picking it up to get results.

i just got news that will be printed in issue #1 for this year, outlining the changes. They've developed a companion website to ND that will offer the immediacy of the web along with the biweekly paper or electronic magazine. Freed up from reporting results that are weeks old, the magazine is going to offer more feature articles, more sportsman coverage, and technical articles.

Let's hope it gives us more of what we want.

Bruce Deveau

[Spencer]

News says ND subscribers will now have access to both the print and online editions along with the new online content. I just sent $84 in last week for the print and online access through the "old" program. Will they send me back the $15 I overpaid?