From the Freeman article below. This speaks volumes about what NHRA thinks of the class. So what's this fund the 17th and 18th Top Fuel cars? Non-qualifier money now?

In an unpublished adjustment to the purse, NHRA reportedly took $1,000 per round won and the winner, instead of getting the standard $25,000 has been reduced to $20,000. The money taken away is said to be going into the Top Fuel purse to fund the 17th and 18th entries.