NHRA's New Budget Cut

[Mark Yacavone]

The top five execs have agreed to take a 20% ..... Nah, just kiddin' Here's the real deal;

In 2004 , when we went to Topeka and Indy, "my driver" was the 2003 Div. 7 Pro ET Race of Champions winner. For that accomplishment, he had a regular NHRA Gold Card, which he used for admission to those two events in Stock Eliminator.

This year he was again, the ROC winner and the Summit Series Pro ET World Champion for which ,among other things, he was awarded another Gold Card.
He just went to use it to enter a Nat'l event, and was told that card is no good. You can only use it for Pro ET. He's already a track champion, so he gets in free anyway, all he can do with that card now is use it for the bracket finals later this year.

Now ,according to the Div 7 office , that really was always the case. NHRA just let that slide, out of the goodness of their heart.

Any off you guys ever use a bracket-won Gold Card to enter S/SS?
Well , it ain't happenin' now. Nice .