Value

Rule and money govern our society. What about the common good?

Parity

It's a little funny that equality needs rules. It's nothing what we thought it would be. What is equality? A close race? Is it measured by money? Intellect? Physical status? There has been discussion about how to keep the various classes of cars close in performance while maintaining diverse styles of combinations. Pump sizes and tire widths seem to be coming between friends. Sanctioning bodies and the leaders are targets. Many opinions are thrown about. My question why are we doing all of this? Why are we here? To race? To cross the finish line before the other guy? A need for speed? "Nitro is the show" is bantered about. He with the most money... Ego driven souls are a part. What about the fans, the crew members, the families, the kids? The future?

I might be stating the obvious here, but it bears repeating. It's the social aspect of the sport that brings all of in. Each of us reponds in our own way, but we do identify with each other on a heart level. Some are mature, some are not, most don't even think about it. In the clinical sense it can be described as a systematic way to define others and themselves. Over time we become vested in its successes and failures. Nostalgia, vintage, old school call it what you will, is offering a soul expression of that aspect of drag racing which is largely lost with today's NHRA fiasco. Good Guys, good time and "we want you here" mentality is quite compelling.

So what do we do with parity?

Health

Sickness can be a great measure of health. Often health is taken for granted as immortality is a limited time offer. Once you are discounted and your pull date arrives, all that laying around prepares you for even more of the same. Rick and DAve Hough of Nanook fame are preparing for today and dealing with the future. Priorities were just defined again. Sickness adversion is now taken from the "do" column. Soon they will roll a seven ...