More Sportsman coverage in National Dragster

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Kevin McKenna

Ed,

I'd love to feature more of Evan 's work in ND. He remains one of the best tech writers in the biz (and one of my best friends). However, his current employment makes that very difficult.

When you mention slow Stockers, I assume you mean "Bill" Koski and Billy Nees. I actually wrote an column a while back on racing slow cars. I recall interviewing Mark Yacavone, who remains the only driver to win a national event in a FWD car. That's not to say I wouldn't revisit the topic in the future.

Thanks for the input,l
Kevin

Kevin, I agree with Byron Worner about bringing back the old coverage we used to get (I wish you could get ESPN to bring back "Inside Drag Racing" too, but that's a stretch I know)! I'm curious as to when that column on racing slow cars went to print, because I missed it, and would like to read it (hopefully it was in one of last years issues).

As for Mark being the only driver to win a national event in a FWD car, I'm trying to join him in that monumental feat (plus I believe Bill Drevo Jr. is the only driver to win an NHRA divisional with a FWD car). There's a lot of uncharted by a FWD racer plateau's out there, and I'm looking forward to adding my name to that very small list of accomplishments FWD drivers have accomplished. Outside of Division V (2yrs ago with Stan Kopejtka's Top Ten finish), I don't think many (or any) other divisions have had a FWD driver finish in the top ten, and I'm pretty sure there's been no national Top Ten finish by a FWD racer, and there's some very good racers throughout the country who could possibly change that...like Rob Seibenick, Stan and Brent Kopejtka, Charles Blossom, Bill O'Connor, and hopefully me. I'll definitely be chasing D7 points this year, and I look forward to the challenge of even quicker stockers chasing me than was the case back in 2008 when I last was able to run at least 5 divisionals.

I hope in your suggestion box, you can add bringing back the class indexes at national events, and occasionally the altitude correction factors (like the old dragster mags did)? Thanks....