Make the payout big enough, and it'll continue to draw.

I was again quite surprised at how few people were in the stands at Charlotte....... For all the pro catagories.

It won't survive long like that.

There is a big money street/heads up race just about every other week it seems. Hard to keep track of them all.

I for one would love to see Super Stock and Stock cars running in a race together, no classes just dial it in and not be worried about going to fast for a HP hit. 1990 and earlier cars, run what you brung. Stockers still run on 9 inch tires. No bracket cars, no rails. All done in one day with a big payout. Do this once or twice a month and they might say to hell with NHRA.

So it's a bracket race again except both classes run together. If so that would be very boring to most

wasnt that what Michael Beard , Loose Rocker Promotions , tried a year or so ago ? Didn't pan out if I recall .

Tex

It depends on what you're there for, just to see a win light or two nice cars going down the track. Hate to breake the news but NHRA is bracket racing with an occasional class race where the biggest wallet wins.

How many true heads-up classes aren't dominated by the biggest wallet?

All of them, top to bottom. And a little help from the HP factor

Sad, but true... It's like watching paint dry at 200+ MPH.

Pro stock cars look like the same banana with decals for identification. I like hearing the engines scream, but to the average guy, they want races that are unpredictable.
It doesn't matter the class, some guys will just try to outspend their competitors, like we've seen in Pro Stock with Ken Black.
That said, some guys just work harder and smarter, like the Bruder Brothers.

Watched Pro Stock qualifying from the finish line yesterday. Enjoyed it. I'm not ready to stick a fork in it just yet.

Compared to how the stands have looked recently....... There seemed to be a pretty good crowd for Friday qualifying at the Grove.

PA and ohio usually have a pretty good turn-out.

BIG crowd for Friday. I got there before 8 and they were rolling in. Stands were full, 4 and 5 deep on the fence for the second fuel session. Better than I've seen in many years. Maple Grove and a great weather forecast on the same weekend doesn't happen very often.

Once again Pro Stock has more entries than Top Fuel and Funny Car. Everybody seems to be focused on the low car counts in Pro Stock, but fuel cars are hurting also. Just not enough incentive for any independents to race outside there region. In Chicagoland we have three funny cars and two top fuel teams that only race at 2-5 events a year. Zizzo shows up and qualifies in the top half of the field and only races three times per year.

Nhra needs to give the Pro classes an increase in purse and more teams will show up more often. I raced two National events this year and can tell you us Sportsman racers pay a big chunk of the events. Heck I had to pay $100 just for insurance at each race to nhra.