The new NHRA.......Yippee.....

[Rich Biebel]

Street Outlaws...just the name and the premise goes against everything NHRA is supposed to be about. I have raced for 50 years and all those years with NHRA. I played by their rules and bought every safety item for every car I've owned required. I have paid memberships and license fees and had cars inspected and fixed if needed to satisfy NHRA rules. I am well aware that $$ makes the world go round as the saying goes but this association is BS to me. Street Outlaws is no different than illegal street racing and that goes back many, many years. I did it a few times in the 1960's and we raced for whatever we agreed on. I quickly felt it was a bad idea and became an NHRA racer. I don't care how popular this show might be, it promotes illegal racing. Yea I know it's staged but it still is bogus to me.It took many years for Drag Racing to be an accepted sport. When Bob Glidden was featured in a Ford ad on network TV it said to me we made it. $$$ talks says it all now with NHRA...