NHRA as seen by the pros.

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Chris Cogan

Mr. Waters,
I totally get what you are saying, but I think this guy could have easily given his "guests" the same level of comfort and still found ways to budget an extra couple grand to equip his cars with quicker stuff. For example, he could have forgone the billet aluminum golf cart wheels and put that money into making his RACECAR wheels more competitive. Afterall, sponsors pay him the big $$$$ to win races and to put their logo in front of the masses to move/sell whatever product or service they provide. Not so they can eat grilled steak at the racetrack. I do not disagree with you regarding taking care of your sponsors, but come on! Those guys are supposed to be professional racers because they are the best of the best at winning races by out performing the next guy, not because they know how to throw the best party.

Pros vs. sportsman, two entirely different worlds, for the majority of us. Bear with me here, I've been away from this for a long time. I was blown away recently when I saw a sportsman car pull into Ohio Valley with a semi? I'm simply refurbing the same old open trailer that my partner and I have been towing around since 1976! I'd love to have a "mobile garage" and I've found a few relatively inexpensive trailers. For now, I can't justify a monthly payment on one, I'd rather concentrate the money into building my cars.

We had a thread on this awhile back, I still remember flat towing to the track. Things get bad, this may make a comeback, LOL! In fact, I still had my old tow bar until a few months ago, my son offered to "clean" out the junk in the shed over the hill, he sold it for scrap.

The current economic situation will sort alot of things out shortly. Most of the local tracks I visited last year, I was shocked by the low car counts. I don't anticipate this year being alot different. For those doing this for a living, it's going to be a lot tougher.