Diversity a rapid reality
By Elton Alexander
Jun 29, 2007
Most auto racing series talk about diversity in the ranks but show little of it on the track. That is not the case for drag racing. The number of women and minorities in the National Hot Rod Association may not reflect our society, but blows the doors off the competition.
There are just as many women in the Top 10 in the various NHRA ranks as NASCAR, IRL and Champ Car have in their series of point leaders from top to bot tom. Ditto for Top 10 black drivers.
“It’s been open like this for 30 or 40 years, “ said J. R. Todd, a fast- rising Top Fuel dragster.
Todd calls Indiana home and grew up just two blocks from a dirt track. “But I don’t race in circles, I race in a straight line, “ Todd said Thursday as he and several other drivers were in Cleveland to promote the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals this weekend in Norwalk.
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