Horrible Pro Mod Crash - Your Thoughts

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Nathan Stinson

Thanks for the statistics lesson Alan, I never liked that college course I took years ago anyway! My point was you said "we" are paying "their" insurance and it looks to me like each racer pays the same to play $100. Regardless of how the premium is calculated the cost is shared equally among participants at the track. The exception may be the pro classes. I am not sure if they pay a insurance fee or not. Either way I bet if pro mod did go away tomorrow, the $100 fee wouldnt!

I do agree, I dont want the class to go away and I sure dont want to see a fatality, but I believe overall that the cars in that class are safe and I am sure that NHRA is learning from these incidents and will make them better.

Nathan, my point is exactly that, lower risk classes are footing the bill for higher risk classes if everyone pays the same insurance surcharge in their entry fee.

If you think that is okay, and fair, then maybe you want to pay the same car insurance premium as a 16 year old high school kid with one wreck and two tickets.

It's a sad fact that in motorsports safety rules are written in blood. Some one almost always gets maimed or killed before things get taken care of. In this modern era, we really can't afford for that happen, the cost is too high.