National Events 305.00???WTF

[Bryan Gillespie]

if you add everything up about $800 to a $1000 for 1 car

[Chuck Westcott]

Answer = $35 per event increase.
Looking at the big picture during the past year - Diesel is up- Gas is up My MH Ins is up, in fact I don't know of anything that has come down in price at all.
Instead of bitching about the fees, we need to pass these concerns along to our divisional reps. for answers. That;s what they are for, isn't it ?
Oh that;s right as of now they are consummed with surveys of some sort. Am I going to stop racing for $35 a race- answer is no and I don't think any of you are either.
Perhaps they could offer a credit for all the Mufflers we were required to buy and offset the Ins cost. I 'd be happy to send them mine.

[Chuck Westcott]

Bryan,
How did you arrive at that number ?
Luke Bogacki backed into me in Brainerd while we were dashing from the rain in the lanes. Maybe I should have filed a claim with NHRA.

[Bryan Gillespie]

entry - 270
1 crew - 85
MH fuel to and from 400
racecar fuel 85.00
tolls- 80
grill gas 20
pit bike gas 10
drinks 200 LOL
I don't count food (like Gary says, you gotta eat where ever you go)

[jmcarter]

Well, some folks are not fazed...already over 30 entries combined for SC and SG. And it's only been open to Grade 8's for a bit over 6 hours!

[Chris Williams]

Originally Posted by slow dragster

I think several people have asked what is the insurance and what does it cover. I am sure once again no one from the sanctioning body can come up with an answer to the question.

Did you even bother to look at NHRA.com? How about the "insurance and claims info" link under the Competition tab? Here, I'll make it easy for you: http://www.nhra.com/insuranceinfo.aspx It's all spelled out. Heck there's even a FAQ section.

Really, there's no conspiracy going on here. Insurance is expensive. I watched Mark Niver die at the track last year, there's a lot of cost (emotional, human, and monetary) when stuff like that happens.

As for "holy cow" diesel is up, give me a break. Two years ago I was paying over $5/gal for the stuff and I didn't stop racing, it's "only" $3.35 now.

Folks, racing is expensive and dangerous. If you want to do it on the cheap, do it at your local track's T&T...

[Dave Steltz]

Originally Posted by BKSG1198

Easy way for NHRA to slowly weed out the sportsman cars at National Events. So when does the insurance fee for the Pro's go up....Oh yeah they don't pay to get in, I forgot! I'm not going to cry and whine over the subject, the writing has been on the wall for years and it's only going to continue. Looks like a lot of bracket and Super Gas Association races next year for me. Have fun everyone running for that Wally!

Amen brother....I'm tired of getting screwed at National and Div events...bad enough here in the Northeast we have to pay all the NHRA fee's just to bracket race, I'm not giving them ridiculous money just to race for a Wally..

[slow dragster]

Originally Posted by Chris Williams

Did you even bother to look at NHRA.com? How about the "insurance and claims info" link under the Competition tab? Here, I'll make it easy for you: http://www.nhra.com/insuranceinfo.aspx It's all spelled out. Heck there's even a FAQ section....

Chris: Thanks for the link. After reading the coverage what would be your assumption for the additional national event fee as it relates to their highlighted coverage?



Thanks again!

[SCDAD]

305 to get there wed. Night , make 1 time run satuday night (maple grove) & first round 45 minute later on a track that they knew 3 weeks before was seeping water. Think its time to back to ihra & some big money bracket races, we race 4 divisionals & 3 national events last year. Probably not this year

[frank v]

**** nhra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!