Where Did All The Mopar Drag Racers Go!!!

I sent a reply to this very interesting thread earlier but it didn't turn up. Maybe this one will.
You don't see too many Mopars because of the total cost involved. You can build 2 fast Chevys for the cost of 1 Mopar! I'm a Mopar fanatic or I wouldn't be here. The corporation we have supported has repeatedly crapped on us and it has been that way since the demise of "Direct Connection". Look at the cost of the hemi crate engines. Believe me, if they cut the price to half, they would still make money. The aftermarket manufactureres base their pricing on projected sales and Mopars are at the bottom of the barrel. They will sell easily 10 Chevy or Ford parts for 1 Mopar so the unit price of the Mopar HAS to be higher. With Chrysler's pricing and marketing, they are relying on the past before NHRA factored Mopars out of drag racing. Well, those days are gone! The Mopars you see in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock are nothing you can buy or afford to buy!! Guys like Mancini who are old time racers with old time Chrysler roots are also fighting to survive. They pay the price too. The fact is that you can build a quick Chebbie with parts you find laying by the side of the road! With the advent of the lightweight and easy to find and buy 302 HO Fords, things are doubled against us. The preponderance of successful Mopars - especially the S/S and SS/Ah cars - are the ones with such deep pockets that nothing matters! Money changes everything. Ken and Russ at Indy can build you engines no one can beat....if you have the money!! So can Barnett and Hensley and Wescott! I remember when a Reher and Morrison BBC for 10,000 dollars was big money! Chrysler is having trouble but it is by their own doing and in doing so, they have made it really hard on those of us who have supported the marque. We don't have anything but the poopy end of the stick to fight with. Chrysler may not survive. They are not even doing what they promised Don Garlits. You have to be really loving a Mopar to put everything into one and go out and get beat by a bad Chevy that cost half as much to build! I've seen it so many times! In spite of what is against us, I have found on FABO the finest collection of people ever. I am stopping participation on most everything else. It may not make sense but damn it, we are enjoying our Mopars. I am sick of all the Camaros and Mustangs and as far as I'm concerned, if you drive a MOPAR, you ARE a STANDOUT!!!!
Pat