That type of racing is about the only thing keeping Willowbank alive atm. I'm 100% against street racing and 110% against any form of promoting it. So should the tracks and sanctioning bodies be.
$$$ wins in the end 
Majority of people (self included) probably agree with you about street racing.
The upside of the show Street Outlaws is the rise in popularity of no prep 1/8th mile racing events in a legal controlled environment.
Back to its roots type racing. Heads up run what ya brung.
Professional drag racing has always been difficult to package for tv to appeal to the casual viewer. The group 1 stuff is something you need to see up close live to appreciate. Not to mention explaining how group 2, 3 & 4 work.
Street Outlaws appeal seems to come from the different cars running heads up and the stories behind the cars and drivers. The 'illegal' part seems to play a smaller story as the show has continued. I don't mind the show (yes its scripted), but I can't stand the Farmtruck 'fishing' stuff.
NHRA have obviously taken notice that crowd attendance and TV numbers have been declining over the years, but the TV show has proven there is still big interest in drag racing. Hopefully means a bit of a mini overhaul to how things are done.
I've been watching a bit of the Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series run over here. Looks really good. The cars look wicked cool, a short fast paced program over 1 afternoon / evening and Chicago Shootout format that means no cars are put back in the trailer after a lose.
The crowd numbers look pretty reasonable and with a bigger tv budget (fta tv) the tv package could be a real winner.
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