I'm in that scene too and have a fairly major car addiction issue...and know all about Sears Point Wednesday nights. The NHRA collects annual dues from a huge

I'm in that scene too and have a fairly major car addiction issue...and know all about Sears Point Wednesday nights. The NHRA collects annual dues from a huge number of elderly racers across the USA, which keeps them fat and lazy... and is also the sanctioning body for the increasingly divorced from reality 'big show' nitro car traveling circus, which is in reality a small number of multimillionaire team owners (Kalitta, Arab Sheiks and sponsorship hustlers) fielding multiple cars. All good fun live but hopeless for the average joe in a Honda who wants to race. It's all at a bit of a crisis point and the drifting/sideshow mayhem doesn't help at all...