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I love that man. You don't even have to like drag racing to be a fan of his.

Drag racing started for me the first race I went to in 1972- The Blue Max vs Gene Snow match race on a Wensday night just north of Toronto. 

Was hooked, until I saw my first sprint car race.

At the time I was going both ways....lol, but ever since automatics, throttle stops delay boxes became a big thing in drag racing, to me, it was extremely boring.

What I miss was the high revving,  dry hops of years gone by.

Now, the NHRA has become a travelling circus show,IMO, that will never see my money again 

They're treatment of the sportsman classes defies logic.

The biggest thrill I've had in my lifetime with big fast machines was hooking F4's up to the catapult.  They used a wire rope called a bridle with two hooks that connected under the aircraft.  When hooking up the pilot would turn it up to full power and we'd stand under it holding the bridle until it was secure.  When it was hooked up and under tension the two doing hookup would run out from underneath.  If we took a wrong step and came out at the wrong angle we could have been sucked up an intake.  Taking Sprint Car photos can be pretty intense as well.  A person is closer than anyone in the stands and when 24 take the green it can get your attention.

I have watched drag racing on TV and have always wanted to go up to Brainerd and watch top fuel and funny cars.  Actually could have done that on a media pass years ago but it conflicted with USA Nationals.  Today I'm not into traveling alone so those opportunities to add tracks and try different things aren't as frequent.  It's still on my wish list as even with Sprints I'm a mechanical type person who enjoys that aspect of Sprint Car Racing.  I feel like drag racing has a connection to 50's car culture and hot rodding and I have always been a fan of cool machines.

Stan Meissner