I am the promoter of the race that was in the “Losers” section of the Aug 14 Weekly Scorecard. I was given a copy of the paper and thank Joe Lemire for his comments.

We have been doing this for 17 years, with the name of the event “Drags Not Drugs.” The event is promoted to try to get the parents there to watch their children have fun with their cars in a safe atmosphere. The race is only 660 feet – 1/8 mile. The students go an average of 50 to 65 mph, with one student driving a dump truck that got 32 mph, and he was thrilled. Most students go faster getting to the track than they do on the track. If they do beat a police car, they are told you might outrun the car, but you can’t outrun the radio.

The Charger in question ran six times and took eight kids for rides that they will never forget. The smiles on their faces – to get to talk and ride with a real police officer with lights and sirens – were priceless. Top speed for the Charger was 62 mph. I would almost guarantee that in one day of work this Charger sees more than six hard runs of more than 62 mph.

The people really enjoy seeing a real police car and talking to the officers having fun just like the students.

If you have doubts about this type of event, go to Bunker Hill Drag Strip on Sept. 26, and watch the kids fight for more than $20,000 in Lincoln College Scholarships. A total of more than $250,000 has been given in Lincoln Scholarship for a $15 entry fee. We also have a parent/teacher race, and the winner gets a $2,000 scholarship that has to go to a student. Fun contests include longest car, shortest car, ugliest car and burn-out contest.

These events are run to have fun, not an all-out drag race. The first year we had 32 cars, and one year we had more than 400 students racing. This year we had around 200 students and 24 parent/teachers, and eight special police cars and 7 officers. I am the only one not an officer ... just too old!

I don’t see how this can be classified in the “losers” class.

DENNY and JUDY REED

Bluffton