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Mixed messages

Jeff, your recent BLAST left me scratching my head. One month you're call for everything to be 1320 ft and then you think everything should be a 1000 ft.

Last month you said "Wouldn’t you think that a dual-turbocharged Toyota with a massive small block built from one of their NASCAR Cup engines would be a great opportunity for the NHRA to get Toyota involved in pro doorslammer racing?" This month you want to slow the Pro Stockers down. I'm sure a twin turbo small block f.i. car is capable of going 210+ MPH as well in the hands of the right people.

Right now the sanctioning bodies are jumping on the Electrimotive bandwagon. I'm sure Electrimotive would like to see every car out there that exceeds 150mph have a chute and one of their devices.

I'm for safety as much as the next guy, but taking the driver out of the equation is not what I'd like to see. Losing a race because the device malfunctioned is not in the sport's best interest IMHO. A driver's poll would be very interesting.

Jack Issi
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Less is more

I recall some inordinately expensive attempts at solid-suspended Pro Mods back in the '80s which did not sit well with the purists of the time - the same people who had, a decade prior, pronounced gas and carbs as the only legit set up. The new generation of purists claims the mantra of skinny tires and 'street'.

On the west coast, derision of PM has mostly been coming from fans of FC who see slammers with blowers and suspension - who remark how the powers that be suggest they suspend belief that these are somehow not slower and just-as-expensive blown alky replicars.

As long as we are discussing 20th Century car styles and safety in the 21st, why not listen to the founders of the sport who were telling us way back in the '50s how lightweight cars and solid suspensions would result in safer, quicker, and more structurally simple trips down the strip. Less than a ton diggers and altereds suddenly seem sane...

Philip Bradford
Tacoma, Washington

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