Jok Nicholson of DRO has it figured out. Maybe this is why there are so many empty seats..

http://dragracingonline.com/columns/deadon/xiv_4-1.html

Good read, but honestly nothing new to me. I only go to 1 or 2 races a year and I have to work a big side job to save the cash to go. Dosnt bother me as I know NHRA will never stop feeding Force and DSR racing untill they gobble up what is left of NHRA pro drag racing. The last time I went I spend the cash on VIP tickets to a DSR tent that way you accually save money on water, food and souveniers since they came with a DSR hat, shirt, and a few other things.

Nitro alley should be called No Deniro alley since you will have none when ya leave that place. Its crazy what they get for a darn silver sharpie.

NHRA has fallen off the map here in the last few years, and I accually enjoy a good Dirt race, Truck pull, Tractor pull, or Dirt bike race. They put on a show and the pits are a blast.

Just my

Hanging out with the rednecks at the mud hole is a lot more fun.

That is a spectators view. Racing them is even worse yet. I doubt I'll ever go to one again unles it is for class and then leave right after that.

Sprint cars is where its at. A damn good, exciting show. Local racing every Friday night. Cheap entry. Reasonably-priced food. Close to home. And it doesn't tie up a whole weekend.

Just another reason I prefer to go to an NSS race and watch cars that I can actually tell what kind of car it is and see many of them race. Ron

I haven`t gone in a few years, I used to go to the Englishtown Nat. Meet but I lost interest and it just costs too much, I really just want to see Stock and S/S anyhow. I`ve gone to the Divisional Points races and the Dutch Classic at Maple Grove their a lot more fun and interesting with out all the Pro garbage.

I've pretty much had it with drag racing in general. Seems like someone's oiling down the track on every pass. So much as a drop of rain and everything stops. For every 10 seconds of excitement there's a half hour of boredom!

I went to the IHRA Divisional race in Crandall last weekend. It was $20 to get in for the day. I watched some of the stockers run and hung out with my old boss from Johnson Space Center. Him and his son race a 1967 Corvette in Hot Rod (10.90 class). I spent most of the time in their pits or rode up to the starting line in their cart. They ran the Saturday and Sunday races on Saturday due to rain forecasted for Sunday. He went out in the 1st round on the Saturday race, and 3rd round on the "Sunday" race.

Last year I went to the ADRL race at Ennis. You pay for parking, then get in for free. Some were complaining about paying for parking. It was a little pricey for me since I went by myself, but a family would work out pretty good. I heard that ADRL will charge entry fees this year for spectators, so we will see how much it is.

March Meet at Bakersfield. It made racing fun to see again.

I avoid the circus and have for a few years..Not worth it as a spectator for sure.

The ADRL races are a good show and reasonably priced!!!!!

Sprinters are wonderful. They are addicting as hell. If I had an extra million ($) I'd waste half on Drag Racing and the other half on a Sprinter. That #83 is Tim Keading from here in San Jose, CA. He won the King Of The West Championship last season. He is 'on fire' right now with Outlaw Wins in Las Vegas, NV and Tulare, CA and He ran away with the King of The West Opener at Antioch, CA weekend before last. Nostalgia and fixed index 'A/B/C/D? ... Gas' Classes are Big Deals here in the West for the moment.

National events are for the Nitro fans and no one else. Every class there that does not run on nitro is just space filler between nitro rounds.

Wanna see all the class cars? Do a divisional.

I love going to the truck pulls ,those guys rock ,,,,High rpm power Baby ...talk about leanin on pieces lol .....and the most Ive ever paid for admission is 20 bucks with a pit pass ,and the food is cheap and great at the consession stands here in Iowa .....I love it ....Rock on Pullers !!!!!!!

If there's no Stock or SS, I'm not paying to watch. I've always like the "historical" cars, so I prefer the nostalgia drags, and haven't bothered to see an NHRA Divisional or National event for a few years now.
Ditto the Sprint Car deal; I crewed a buddy's non-wing dirt car for a couple of years and LOVE watching them run. Got to drive one a few times with and without a wing and that was an Experience, capital E, indeed.

I agree on the dirt cars as they are fun to watch and drag cars can sometimes be boring to watch, especially the 'super' classes! ADRL is awesome, no doubt. NHRA is on a terminal shut down program unless they get some good leadership in place, cut some costs and ditch the high paid/doing-little help (hmm, sounds familiar doesn't it boys and girls) and the 'professionals only need apply' premise is killing the sport. Too spendy at the gate, too spendy on 'refreshments' and not long on keeping the program going equates to (as JOK clearly stated in his DRO article)...expensive BOREDOM!