My final question is this as I stated in the November 2015 Getting Nostalgic: the NHRA’s own rule book states

Page 42 Section SPOILER

Rear spoiler limited to roof height and body width (modern-type spoilers or spill plates prohibited).

So why is the NHRA letting those spill plates go, not only on the Hodgson car but all of the cars?

On the other side of the nostalgia world, the IHRA has also gone through some major turmoil. Longtime IHRA management team member and latest IHRA President Scott Gardner is “down the road” being relieved of his official duties in January.

IHRA parent company IRGSE Vice Chairman of the Board and CEO, Chris Lencheski then came way out of left field and named former NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car driver and ESPN broadcaster, Mike Dunn, as the new president.

Mr. Dunn has a vast amount of experience being a racer in the nitro ranks. In addition to that experience his fourteen years of experience of being a broadcaster Dunn understands the broadcast side of the world.

Both of these are great things to have as a leader of an organization based in motorsports. My concern is what business experience Mr. Dunn has to facilitate leading the IHRA to new and bigger things. Now maybe he has some successful side business(es) that he never lamented about on air, giving him this experience to run a company of this size. I don’t have a clue. I just hope that he does.

Many, many people have been very successful at business without formal education. Joe Amato comes to mind. I just find it an interesting decision why the IHRA chose Mike Dunn to lead the company moving forward in 2016.

One of the things that has been rumored about coming in 2017 is the return of big show top fuel cars to the IHRA. This was a 180-degree difference from Scott Gardner who stated three years ago that the IHRA would never run modern day top fuel cars again.