Who's fault are the new cars?

[Chad Rhodes]

I place the blame ultimately on NHRA only. I mean the factories fired a wild *** number out there, and probably expected it to be a starting point for negotiation. NHRA just swallowed it hook line and sinker and the factory has been taking a mile, ever since they were given that first inch.

[Alan Roehrich]

It's hard to place the blame anywhere but upper management at NHRA. They are the people who have been selling us out to the highest bidder, they are the ones who will do just about anything for a buck.

Racers are by their very nature going to look for and try to attain every possible advantage. Many of the people who race the new cars are people I consider to be good friends. I do not condone their choice to race the new cars, but I don't blame them, either.

The factories are also looking for the advantages, although I will say refusing to participate unless they are handed dominance on a silver platter, and the rules are changed to allow them free reign is just a sign of how little they care for their customers. But again, NHRA is the guilty party where the rule change is concerned.

Art, I agree completely that Stock has been changed constantly, often due to the things racers have done. But NHRA is the party that allowed it. Racers are going to push the rules, it is the sanctioning body that chooses to allow it or look the other way. And it is NHRA that completely changed the character of Stock Eliminator by rewriting the rules to allow the new cars. Sadly, Super Stock is no different, they've either looked the other way, or made previously illegal parts and labor legal, rather than police the sport.

NHRA has long since abandoned the true sport of drag racing, and has sold out to corporate America. Sadly, in order to fix the problem, NHRA would have to be torn down to the ground and rebuilt from the ground up.