Yo Ken

[Jeff Lee]

My cars been down for three frickin' years now. Work has been paid for (although I'm sure the agreed upon price will have a few remembrance problems even though it's in writing), but it was always agreed it was a side job. And I was OK with that. I want this particular guy to do the work and nobody else. And in the end, it's a completely new car except paint and trans and I'm trying to figure out how to get a trans.
Had the car been done a year or so ago and at home, the wife probably would have had it on Craigs list because the economy in AZ is not far from MI. So I'm glad it was "outa sight, outa mind". Now things seem to be really picking up in my business. I've been putting in 50 hour work weeks for 3 months straight and it's looking rosier. But even if the car was done, and my own economy was robust, I still wouldn't be racing right now. Too much of the savings were depleted and I would not be able to justify the expense of a weekend or a week at a national event. No way!
Am I happy with the direction NHRA has taken? No way! But once i get the ball rollin' again, am I going to stay out in protest? No way.
As far as I'm concerned, NHRA is the only game I'm interested in playing. I would go IHRA but that's 2000 miles away. Well maybe not that far, but may as well be.
I agree with Jack, it's the economy more than anything else. Even Jack's old GTO is parked as the owners income bounces around like a pogo stick. Some of us just prioritize different than others.