Bristol Sportsman participants

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It is true that you cannot control mother nature; however with that said, I do think its time NHRA realizes that the product they are putting out is becoming dangerously unattractive to both the racers and the fans IMHO. The fans do not enjoy a one lane pro show....and I know for a fact that the pros do not either. The sportsman definitely do not enjoy being constantly bumped or finishing races at other events months later. What happened to racing on Mondays. Bring back 4 day Nationals to have greater flexibility on giving sportsman racers a chance to complete their portion of the race. I am not oblivious to the "pros" and "cons" of 3 day events. Additional time off required, extra costs to NHRA for staffing, hotels, perdiem +++, but something has to give. Pros want a fair chance to win, sportsman want to race at the race they took time off or put aside for and fans want the show to be entertaining...all of these are marginal at best and declining fast. Please NHRA, go back to the drawing board and look at the recipes of past decades successful National Events. MDRGA