Can NHRA survive without John Force ?

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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Its just a matter of time before John Force, Don Schumacher and Connie Kallita decide to retire. Sponsor issues will make this happen. It takes a lot of money to run any of these big teams. None of these owners are going to run the teams on their own money. Schumacher had his son sitting on the sideline with no sponsor to pay the bill on his car. When this finally happens and it will the pro show will be much different than we have seen for the past couple of decades. No one person or team is going to cause NHRA to fold up and disappear. Poor management, bad business practices and a failing economy will be the cause of that. There have already been some really big name Pro stars that have retired over the years and NHRA did not shut down.
Sportsman seem to be alive and well right now. Plenty of cars have been showing up at the divisional races that have been run since the shut down.

Unless NHRA follows F1 and starts to restrict some spending i cant see how teams will be able to survive. If Chevy leaves Force that will be a huge blow, DS doesnt want to spend his own money and Capco could be out soon also as the pipeline business is going through some major hurdles. Throw in the virus and election this year, companies are worried about their financial situations and usually first on the chopping block is racing. May be NASCAR will buy the NHRA and its assets for a major discount.