The NHRA announced intentions on Friday of working towards slowing
their nitro cars down for a safe return to quarter-mile drag racing but
until then 1,000-foot drag racing will remain.
Input towards a solution seems to be an exclusive club, a few of the
lesser financed teams told CompetitionPlus.com on Saturday. They
contend the NHRA has turned to crew chiefs who are paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars to make cars go fast to slow the cars down.
Defending NHRA Funny Car world champion Tony Pedregon believes the
sanctioning body and PRO, by limiting their options, seriously opens
the door for agendas and slows the process of reaching a viable
solution.
“It’s a shame that we have to be forward and vocal,” Pedregon said; who
reportedly became engaged in a debate over the issue in a recent PRO
meeting. “That’s the only way to get anyone to listen. We’ve got a lot
of respect for Alan Johnson and John Force’s teams -- these are the
biggest teams out here.
Pedregon must interject a “but” into the scenario.