as most of us can attest, the older you get the faster each year seems to pass; and i think it's fair to say many of us have
'annual' events/trips/vacations we look forward to every year. IMO it is no surprise that tracks with 2 events have one that fails.
races are somewhat expensive; the youth you want to attend mite do so for one, but most likely not two; they have many other
fun events to spend their money on.
then there is the aging crowd who has the money to attend 2x, but why? we all remember how things were just 10-15 years ago
and wonder why so much has been taken away from the sport. we come and get our nitro fix once a year and that is enough,
and my guess is each year a few less of the 'former' fans keep coming back; i am one of them, if not for the extracurriculars
at brainerd i would cease to attend.
why is this so hard for everyone to understand?, other than to a few diehards (and i am becoming less and less of one), nhra
pro racing is boring, the same faces spouting the same cliches week after week. i am happy there will be 5 live sunday races this
year and i sincerely hope the ratings bump up for these races, but if i've got anything else to do on a sunny, warm sunday afternoon,
i will not be one of the viewers. in 1 minute on my cell phone.....'oh, hines, enders, schumacher and hagan win again'.
big deal.