The first meeting of the newly
formed NHRA Sportsman Racer Advisory Council (SRAC) was held Friday,
March 14, during the 39th annual ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at
Gainesville Raceway. Several of the 35 committee members attended in
person, and the remainder participated via teleconference. NHRA
President Tom Compton, NHRA Executive Vice President/General Manager
Peter Clifford, NHRA Senior Vice President-Racing Operations Graham
Light, and each of the seven NHRA division directors -- Bob Lang, Bill
Holt, Jay Hullinger, Craig Hutchinson, Rob Park, Jonathan Adams, and
Mike Rice -- were in attendance.
SRAC was formed in December to provide a means for discussing
and evaluating rules and regulations pertaining to Sportsman racing at
NHRA events. The committee consists of Sportsman drivers, crew chiefs,
and team owners and is divided into five subcommittees: Top Alcohol,
Comp, Super Stock-Stock, Super Comp-Gas-Street, and Top Sportsman-Top
Dragster. Each subcommittee has one representative from each NHRA
division. Hullinger has been appointed as the overall committee
chairman, and Lang serves as the secretary. The other division
directors also play integral roles in SRAC, serving as chairpersons of
each subcommittee.