Contingency Ideas for New IHRA owners

novassdude · 01-31-2013, 10:57 AM

Ken I will have to assume that you do not own a company that pays contingency. The way that you explain how it should be would be great for racers and is pretty close to how it was for years. The problem with that system is people will take advantage of it. Just like went on before. You look in the dragster see who is paying for things like pistons and rings and that is who they put on for decals. Did not matter what was in the engine. You say if you have the sticker and the parts you should get paid. That may work well for some products but not for most. Are you willing to teardown to prove what is in the engine?
It is hard for a company to stay in business if they have to pay contingency on parts that are 10 years old or possibly not on a car at all.
It would be great if there was a better system. But you do need to keep the manufactures view in mind when coming up with a better plan. It needs to be a two way street.
Now one thing that should change is if you have the proper documentation at the end of the race it should be confirmed and paid on the spot.

01-31-2013, 10:57 AM	#4
novassdude Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: usa Posts: 752 Likes: 204 Liked 136 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Contingency Ideas for New IHRA owners Ken I will have to assume that you do not own a company that pays contingency. The way that you explain how it should be would be great for racers and is pretty close to how it was for years. The problem with that system is people will take advantage of it. Just like went on before. You look in the dragster see who is paying for things like pistons and rings and that is who they put on for decals. Did not matter what was in the engine. You say if you have the sticker and the parts you should get paid. That may work well for some products but not for most. Are you willing to teardown to prove what is in the engine? It is hard for a company to stay in business if they have to pay contingency on parts that are 10 years old or possibly not on a car at all. It would be great if there was a better system. But you do need to keep the manufactures view in mind when coming up with a better plan. It needs to be a two way street. Now one thing that should change is if you have the proper documentation at the end of the race it should be confirmed and paid on the spot.