FEEDBACK ARTICLE - JERRY ECKMAN IS READY TO TALK

I always liked Jerry Eckman and still do. They were always low funded and still managed to be players. I agree that they weren't the only ones to use nitrous but they got caught. One team won a couple of championships with it. The problem is that they were the only ones to have a tank explode and end up in someone else's pit. It might not be fair but NHRA had to make a strong statement and unfortunately it landed on Jerry's shoulders. If he says that it was never hooked up and it was the first time it was on the car, I believe him. The problem is it's like being a little bit pregnant, no such thing. We've all had bad stuff happen but looking in the rear view mirror is an exercise in futility. We all get to different phazes in life and can't do what we used to do. Every morning my 60 year old body argues with my 30 year old brain. Enjoy your new role as a crew guy. I was just glad to hear your name last year with Koretsky. I enjoyed telling my wife that you were one of the old school guys that ran right with the heavy funded teams. You still have a lot of fans Jerry who unfortunately are in the silent majority. Thanks for the memories, 99.99999% good ones. - Bruce Prater, Sandpoint Idaho 

FEEDBACK ARTICLE - JERRY ECKMAN IS READY TO TALK

I always liked Jerry Eckman and still do. They were always low funded and still managed to be players. I agree that they weren't the only ones to use nitrous but they got caught. One team won a couple of championships with it. The problem is that they were the only ones to have a tank explode and end up in someone else's pit. It might not be fair but NHRA had to make a strong statement and unfortunately it landed on Jerry's shoulders. If he says that it was never hooked up and it was the first time it was on the car, I believe him. The problem is it's like being a little bit pregnant, no such thing. We've all had bad stuff happen but looking in the rear view mirror is an exercise in futility. We all get to different phazes in life and can't do what we used to do. Every morning my 60 year old body argues with my 30 year old brain. Enjoy your new role as a crew guy. I was just glad to hear your name last year with Koretsky. I enjoyed telling my wife that you were one of the old school guys that ran right with the heavy funded teams. You still have a lot of fans Jerry who unfortunately are in the silent majority. Thanks for the memories, 99.99999% good ones. - Bruce Prater, Sandpoint Idaho