: OK let’s play the word association game
AJ: Okay.
: Graham Light.
AJ: He’s the Vice President of Competition at NHRA.
: Tom Compton.
AJ: President of NHRA.
: PRO.
AJ: Group of owners, trying to represent their interests.
: 90% rule.
AJ: 90% rule as it is now, or 90% rule in the first part of…
: The rule as it is currently.
AJ: Probably… not a good idea.
: The NHRA.
AJ: That’s our sanctioning body.
: Bruton Smith.
AJ: Very aggressive builder of some pretty good racetracks.
: Do you think he is good for drag racing?
AJ: I would say so, yeah.
: Fuel Altereds.
AJ: Not really.
: Don Schumacher.
AJ: He’s, uh… got six cars. If it wasn’t for John Force and Don Schumacher I don’t know how many cars we’d ( NHRA) have. We’d have ten less cars.
: Tony Schumacher.
AJ: Pretty good driver. What, five time champion?
: Track preparation.
AJ: Getting better since Atlanta.
: Are the NHRA track prep folks listening to you more?
AJ: I don’t think that they necessarily listen to us more. No, I don’t think that what we say has that much impact on what they do, but eventually everyone sees the light.
: Is there anything in drag racing that you haven’t accomplished that you’d like to?
AJ: Well, certainly if the opportunity came about, we’d fund our own Funny Car again.