FEEDBACK FRIDAY - IT'S A CROCK
FEEDBACK ARTICLE - STRAIGHT AHEAD by Jeff Wolf
At a most basic level, NHRA's new points structure is a crock. All it will take
is any of a multitude of potential breakage (broken throttle cable, oil leak,
tossed blower belt, etc.) and a team who could have been dominating the season
loses the title to a possible also-ran who doesn't deserve it in the least.
The beauty of NHRA drag racing used to be that at season's end, you had a true
champion, that being the one with the most points over a 23-race season with no
"reseeding". The new countdown is what happens when you have people with
marketing and law degrees (notable achievements on their own) making decisions
for a RACING association who've never sat in bleachers in their lives. Weak,
phony bull****, as far as I'm concerned. - Bill Huseth, Minneapolis, MN
