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Re: I don't think we're

Maurice,

we have a horseshoe pitching league in Kilgore. One of the teams is named "Shinny Shoes"

Re: I don't think we're

Clifford's primary objective is to grow the brand and let's face it, it starts with the Professional categories. The NHRA is a mess and he clearly understands the issues. In business it starts at the top and trickles down to enhance the entire program.

He's correct about appealing to younger people, the Millennials and Generation X, many of us are Baby Boomers.

I hope a healthier NHRA translates into better opportunities for and respect of the sportsman racer.

I believe he will be measurably better than Tom Compton.

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Here is Billy's post from the other thread. I was thinking about posting something about it myself.If Dwight has the original copy, that's fine with me.
If anyone is interested, we can explain it further.
If not ,we can forget all about too. Apparently NHRA already has.

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees (Post 494002)

Ya know, I should probably make myself perfectly clear here. I personally believe that what NHRA did with the 302 FFFords, whether it was a mistake or not, was good for Stock Eliminator and the Sport. It brought a significant number of cars(and in some cases Racers) that wouldn't have been built into the game.
I have another thread on here somewhere bringing up Mr. Clifford and what, if anything, he is going to do with the Sportsmen. A few months ago, Dwight Southerland, Mark Yacavone and I sent a letter to the NHRA about De-factoring an awful lot of the 70s and 80s cars that were just arbitrarily given unrealistic factors at the time that they were put in the guide. Kinda like the 302 FFFords. As far as I know, we've not received any kind of a response to it. But if a half-a-dozen 302s were built, wouldn't it be safe to say that some kind of equal response could be expected from other combos?
Seeing as Dwight wrote the letter, I'll leave it up to him as to whether he wants to post it but if Mr. Clifford is looking for a way to involve more young people in the sport, I think that this could be the best "entry level" way to go.
I also realize that this probably doesn't belong in this thread but my finger is too tired to start a new thread now.

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To quote Frank "I believe he will be measurably better than Tom Compton"
So, is he taller?
I like numbers.
All this reminds me of a song that covers the numbers we will probably get out of all this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HqyEHqEYho

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Be patient, if things don't change for the better, then;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m2FhRv8xF0

He will be held accountable on this forum, that's for sure!

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Frank, 'accountability', really? Don't recall accountability being in vogue in the past few years, within the higher ranks of any bureaucracy of course.

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Wow!
I thought I was being reasonable, obviously you guys don't agree and I'm good with that because being skeptical is healthy I guess we'll see what he brings to the table.

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Frank,
See post # 27
http://www.classracer.com/classforum...t=61035&page=3

Just my take on it.
That is why we have the "Bean Counters" running everything instead of a "Racer Orientated" person.

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Glanced through that article as I sit here trying to recover from a really bad case of the flu.

An oil pan pressure switch? I really have to wonder if some one didn't suggest that just to see if he'd repeat it. Seriously.

"A moratorium on the introduction of new parts"? Seriously? From the guy who just forced them to buy new wheelie bars, and a complete new induction system that includes a new front clip for the body.

Now, to be fair, the TV package is the best deal NHRA has ever had, by far, it's good thing, a really good thing.

The licensing deal is good as well.

As far as oil downs go, it doesn't matter who oils the track, so long as they do everything safely possible to minimize the impact, and they are not a multiple offender, there's no need to beat people up over it. It's racing, things break. Now, continual, multiple offenses, sure, hit them for it. Intentional failure to minimize the impact (we've all seen the guy who unloads a crankcase or transmission pan and obliviously rolls right down the middle of the lane for the length of the track), yep, nail them.

We all asked for change, we all wanted Compton gone. Let's see what 2016 brings.

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 494067)

Well sai Allan