As a hard-core dragracer who loves NHRA National and Divisional drag racing and chasing the points, this was completely embarrassing to me. Everyone knew what was going on, and for the Pedregons, who have benefitted from the CountDown more than anyone in the past several years, to start crying into the camera immediately was absolutely painfull to watch.

To replay the top-end argument over and over, and hunting down the parties for multiple interviews, while ingoring the stories taking place in TF, and Pro-Stock was completely unprofessional by the ESPN staff IMO. Greg Stanfield went to the Finals of the US Nationals in Pro-Stock and never got a televised topend interview on a five hour show...How does that happen..sad,sad,sad.

Did anyone notice Jason Line's single interview? After a win he was listless, and seemed really down, then no follow-up?


Let me say this, in Sporstman Drag racing there are tons of "Teams", whether it's families racing in the same class, or best friends who travel together. When the points get tight at the end of the season and one of your "Teammates" has a shot at a National or Divisional Championship do you really think there are no dives?? It's very common, it's not asked for, it's a choice the losing driver makes to help out. It's not talked about afterwards, but it's so tough to get in a position to win one of these things, that in the last few races of the season it happens. That has been going on long before there were multiple teams in the Pro Classes.