DOES PRO ACTUALLY WIELD ANY POWER?
“You have to have healthy teams in order to have a healthy sport, that’s first and foremost. If the teams aren’t financially healthy then the sport is going to suffer, the show is going to suffer and you’re not going to be able to build the sport the way it should be built. So, to me, the first priority is to make teams as financially healthy as they can possibly be. From that point more good things happen. The show is a lot better, you have more fans watching because they love the show, and you build the ratings on TV because the show is better. You can build more interest and have more people making better money through the sport. When the teams are healthy then the entire sport’s economy is stronger. “That’s what I think a very strong PRO organization should be able to accomplish, they should be able to make the sport a much, much better place for the teams and the participants. Not only to the Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock guys, but everyone. Because when those areas are health
