Michael Ogburn has been posting $$$ for many of the shootouts in the last few years, including funding all of the west coast shootouts. He even gives the racers travel money out here. He loves the class and is doing all he can to promote it. He's got an entire package together that could be awesome...getting NHRA's approval is the only hindrance in the whole deal.

Just got the ND today. The article is good but rather misleading, too. You get the impression that Ogburn has this huge racing payroll. Besides my Dad and brother, who get paid when they work on the cars, the rest of us are volunteers. Michael generously pays our travel costs to attend the events in exchange for the work we do behind the scenes or at the track. Jerry drives the semi and, as compensation, gets all the costs of operating his racecar paid for. None of us have quit our day jobs yet!