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Re: I don't think we're

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees (Post 493939)

Why of course I believe him Jim!

Could you hang on for just a minute? The President is at the door asking me my opinion on health care, I'm on the phone with somebody in Zimbabwe who claims to be my long-lost twin brother and if I'll send him air fare he'll be able to re-unite with me and my winged horse just got loose!

I'm a little up in the air on this one but are you being sarcastic? 😷

Re: I don't think we're

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Originally Posted by CMcAllister (Post 493919)

Stuff happens when mechanical parts and assemblies are stressed to the limit. 10,000 horsepower from a 500 inch V-8 and they don't want any parts or oil to come out of them?

They market the speed and the power. Turn on a drag race show and often the first thing you see in the opening credits is an engine blow up in a ball of fire. I don't see how you can have it both ways and I'm not in favor of "fundamentally transforming" the sport for the purpose of making it good TV for the uninformed.

NASCAR has yellow flags, we have oil downs. It's a part of sport. Things have gotten much better since the days when it would take a bunch of guys with brooms an hour and a half to clean up a mess.

Didn't NASCAR just announce mandatory caution flag after 20 minutes of green flag racing in the truck series? It will be like a mandatory oil down!

Re: I don't think we're

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Originally Posted by HR9121 (Post 493942)

I'm a little up in the air on this one but are you being sarcastic? 😷

Why heck no, I'm not being sarcastic!

Do you not believe me, Cooter?

Re: I don't think we're

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees (Post 493944)

Why heck no, I'm not being sarcastic!

Do you not believe me, Cooter?

You had me till the part about a winged horse!

Re: I don't think we're

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Originally Posted by HR9121 (Post 493942)

I'm a little up in the air on this one but are you being sarcastic? ��

Just FYI, I had a nice little talk with Mr. Clifford at the World Finals. I asked him if he knew that all of the rest rooms are locked after dark and a security guard(who doesn't have the key!) is stationed at them. I also asked him if he knew that all(every one and the Fairplex is a big place) of the public rest rooms that HAD shower stalls have had them removed. He did not know either of these things and he wanted to know what the problem was. I explained to him that I was sleeping in a LQ trailer with not a whole heck of a lot of LQ in it and the lack of showers and rest rooms was going to be a bit of a problem for me. After my explanation, he assured me that he would look into it and then suggested that I go down to the Hilton(he did). Now THAT'S sarcasm!

Probably why I haven't gotten my membership yet, check was cashed in October.

I'm sure that he has taken upon himself to rectify this situation for me as quickly as possibly though. Now THAT'S sarcasm too!

By the way, same problem at Vegas too.

Re: I don't think we're

Billy, the guy from Zimbabwe is a scam, don't believe him. He has relatives in Nigeria who are wealthy, none in the US.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA why didn't you go with him

Re: I don't think we're

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees (Post 493949)

Billy, I also had a chance to talk to Mr. Clifford at the Las Vegas race. He was being shown around the pits by Mike Rice the Div 7 Director. They stopped by a pit I was in with a group of racers and Mike introduced him to all of us who Mike knew already.
His first comment after the nice to meet all of us was to ask us if there were any issues we would like to bring up. I spoke up quickly and asked how much time he had. He quickly changed the subject to how important the sportsman racers are then into just wait and see there are changes coming to support us. He hinted about the changes to the license programs and how that would cut our costs to race at NHRA events. I have not yet seen any cost cuts on my part as I get a physical every year anyway due to my age. So NHRA just not requiring one for my license did not change anything for me. Then the cost of running a National did increase so no savings there. The only savings is the cost of diesel and I don't think NHRA had much to do with that cost.
So far I have not seen any real changes to benefit the Sportsman racers. I keep hoping but hoping in one hand and you know the rest.
My 2 Cents
Rick Cates

Re: I don't think we're

Billy , somebody said he was at the lebanon race in 2014 looking round ? I didn't see him in the pits . And I didn't see him at the hotel I was at ...lol....

Re: I don't think we're

While I did not get a chance to meet Mr. Clifford at PRI, I did speak with a couple of NHRA officials. "Oh yeah, we got your e-mail. You made a lot of good points."

.... and? Nothing. That's it. At least they acknowledged receipt this time.

I thought the interview was pretty telling when Clifford said he'd had ideas to improve NHRA for 18 years. And they're just NOW seeing light of day? That's life within a corporate behemoth. I heard much the same from another NHRA official. People within the organization that could actually make a difference have their hands tied.

Re: I don't think we're

People that use terms like "grow", "initiative" and "team" generally wear shiney shoes. "Gear Heads" don't, 2 completely different worlds. MB.