I think it is great! Drag Racing is the Boxing of motorsports. One on one, best man wins...
We need more rivalries...look at what the Snake vs Mongoose did so many years ago, Cha-Cha and Big Daddy, Jungle Jim and Ace....man, they all did it, they helped promote the races along with the promoters and sanctioning bodies...and the stands were packed, no matter what night of the week!
I would love to see Ashley and Melanie get into a promotional cat fight...
MT: "Hey TV Star, I'm gonna whip your old man, then I'm gonna whip you..."
AF: "Yea, well I'm gonna whip your hubby and then you...oh wait, for me to do that you would have to QU-A-LI-FY!!!!"
To me the ones that don't have the nads anymore is the sanctioning body...'too much corporate PC crap'
"If you say it...we will fine..."
What a load...
Part of it too I think is too many of the current generation of drivers did not have to claw, scrape and struggle along like the stars of the year...I can remember crews sleeping in the cap of the wedge truck because all the hotel rooms were gone...but those guys spoke gospel to us kids at the time...they were our heroes...I can remember getting into smack talk with kids in elementary school over who was going to win an upcoming match race, all based on what we heard the drivers saying in the ads and media...Man, I miss that..