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Jon, nicely done! Living in the northeast, my only nitro fix was IHRA at Epping, New Hampshire. That ended for me when they cut FC. Thanks.

David Johnson
Portland, Maine

GARAGE SPACE

Seriously, is Larry Morgan’s 2010 big $$ Ford Mustang being built in a suburban subdivision garage? Looks like a nice neighborhood, hope the thing runs well. How I long for the Logghe Stamping days.

Rick Rzepka
Clinton Township, Michigan

MILLIONS?

Million at Memphis? Hmmm... where are the folks going now? 

David Anderson
Raleigh, North Carolina

Down in front!

How bout that Hot Rod Reunion? They had over 100 cackle cars and 32 nitro nostalgia funny cars. That was a show, but what a bunch of crap when you have 32 funny cars qualifying for an eight car show. Who thought this up? Give ‘em a sixteen car or 32 car field. Somebody needs to pull their head out of their rear and see what the fans want. We want to see either a sixteen or 32 car funny car field.

Shouldn’t we pay our entertainers? Oh wait a minute, they paid out to the twelve quickest cars. Yeah, $500. Doesn’t even pay for the fuel they use on the burnout. The racers are the entertainment they need to be paid for their work. Not a crappy 500 bucks that does not even help pay for the fuel. They should not lose their rears doing this. Granted, if they break something it will cost them, but they should break even if they don’t hurt any parts. They are why the fans go. Just like going to a movie: Tommy Lee Jones and Clint Eastwood don’t lose money every time their movies are shown. Just like our racers, they are the entertainment, and they are the reasons why the fans go. Pay your entertainers so that they can come back. If you don’t, they wont be able to afford to this any more. Guess what that means. Yep, it means this version of drag racing will start to die just like the NHRA's big show.

Another thing, am I the only one who noticed at the event you can’t even see the nitro cars do a burnout through the seventy PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS? How many of them does it take to take the same damn picture? They block the view of the fans, it’s ridiculous. My five year old niece who loves drag racing went with me and couldn’t see the cars do a burnout. We sat at the finish line so she could catch a glimpse of the cars as they flew by. We never knew who was running at any time because we couldn’t see. That is crap. We are the fans and we are getting ripped off so a bunch of PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS can take the same picture. Why do we fans even need to show up when we can’t see anything? So what’s the point? These things need to fixed or the sport will lose a lot more fans. Everyone in the section of grandstands we were in said the same thing.

Jeff Burghardt
Oakdale

WOW, exciting.

I need some information. I have a Goodyear slick tire, apparently new, that has been signed by several drivers, a beauty queen, and references to the Convoy for the Cure. Could you tell me what the value of this tire would be? Would collectors be interested?
 
Sue Wiese
Joshua, Texas

With the overwhelming cornucopia of information you provided us, our crack team of appraisers and value-giver-people have pegged the price of your tire at $1.98. Let’s see Antique Roadshow give that kind of service.