I too was a little disappointed in the Drag Week coverage when this issue arrived, but I had commented to Jay I'd wait until next months issue comes out and see if they have any additional Dragweek coverage before I solidify my opinion. I think a lot of it stems from Hot Rod having yet another new editor within the last few months. I imagine they feel like they need to put their own style on things and not just repeat the format that has gone before, and it was interesting to have the feature articles on the International Dragweek competitors and the article on the Spirit Of Dragweek winner. The photo's of the top 50 cars were cool, but I would have liked to see a little more coverage of the road trip portion to give readers a little more flavor of what the competitors go through and the event is about. The Enthusiast Network ( the parent company of Hot Rod ) sends an armada of employees to cover this event and they take tons of photos, it's a shame they don't use more. Some stuff will turn up in their other publications of course, like the Roadkill magazine. I don't think Hot Rod's enthusiasm for the event is dying though, since they just announced plans for the "Zip Tie Drags" in Tucson, Az. this January, including a road trip from LA to the track and encouraging anything that might run to show up and attempt going down the track. And I'd say I too was disappointed in the coverage of Engine Masters this year, I just think some of The Enthusiast Network employees haven't figured out how to cover this stuff yet, I hope they find their footing. I will say they all certainly stay busy, their employees seem to be constantly criss-crossing the country attending both the events they are sponsoring along with every major car event like Bonneville, SEMA, PRI, etc.
