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My truck,trailer and car total about $25K.Maybe I should get into the TARP program?
Kenny you or Jack got any loose change laying around so I can race this year?

Ed

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1 1996 Chevy Suburban - $5,000
1 several year old Classic enclosed trailer - $4,000
1 1986 Monte Carlo Super Stocker - $14,000 (not likely)
The abilty to race the NHRA circuit every summer - PRICELESS!

That's what we have tied into our racing operation. Granted, all the computers/weather stations;data aquisition, tools and countless broken parts make this number higher...but not by much.

I love NHRA Drag Racing...There's no better atmosphere!!

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My Point is those of you have not gotten it yet, is that if the price increase in racing is effecting your racing budget then back off on the racing budget or down size your cost of racing . regardless of how small or large your operation is .

I know that that NHRA is trying their best to help it's overall operations .

This is the US we have choices as everyone knows . You make your choice to where to race .

I made my choice to race NHRA cause they are still the best place to race ,even when, so called times are bad .

I support NHRA in nearly all of their decisions and want them to be successful so i will have a place to race, and will not intentionally try to make them less successful . If they are successful so will I be .

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KEVIN COUR : GREAT POST on pg.2, everyone should read it... twice !!! Time WILL tell. I just can't find it in my heart to believe that there's a group of men, many that love Drag Racing as much as we do, sitting in a boardroom in Glendora, planing the demise of Sportsman Racing as we know it....(which is what many of you make it sound like)... I can hear it now; Graham Light, saying to Tom Compton, "Let's figure out a way to screw the Sportsman Racers!".... I DON'T THINK SO...... The conversation probably is going more like this.....What do we have to do to keep from going into receivership during this tough economic time, starting at the top, working our way down to the bottom, or we'll all be looking for new jobs... My friends... thoughs "business" decisions are tough ones to make and often unfavorable. Are they the correct decisions? Time is the only thing that will tell. I love Drag Racing. I have a choice, and my choice is to support NHRA Drag Racing (and IHRA) within the limits of my own personal budget. Even if it means racing less. I'm only in a position to second quess, so I hope the "suits" are making the correct choices also, and NHRA Sportsmen Drag Racing survives these tough times.

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The main thing they(NHRA EXECS) have to watch out for is something called "intermediate sanctions" Not really sure what they are or how they work but the IRS pays particularly close attention to them when they do an audit--Has to with exec compensation/ loans/ preferential " treatments to/for officers"etc.
I'm not an accountant maybe Ms. Jordan can shed some light on what they are & how they work... It all has to do with excessive compensation and perks in relationship to the job as well as what executives are being paid in similiar positions in other non- profits, and the annual dollar amount of the organization ---My take on it --Comp 387

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I just can't find it in my heart to believe that there's a group of men, many that love Drag Racing as much as we do, sitting in a boardroom in Glendora, planing the demise of Sportsman Racing as we know it...


How much do these people in Glendora (not just Compton and Gardener) make in salary,for a NON PROFIT?If they are in dire straits monetarily if they
had a conscience and REALLY loved this sport wouldn't they cut their compensation,as they are asking their " lowly" field personnel to do (less hours,days,travel reimbursement).The pros got a raise in payouts this year.Most are corporate funded,which I'm sure covers their overhead.Why wouldn't the suits roll back the increase.They don't exactly race for peanuts.Maybe some of the lower financed teams may drop,but there are some here telling us low buck guys that our sport isn't for everybody,go do something else.


Ed F.

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Excellent post, Sally.

As a member of NHRA for over 35 years, I'm not likely to stop paying my dues(begrudgingly though) as some have already mentioned.

But that's not the point here.

Pat said in two other posts that many racers left (or will not be racing at) his track. Simple economics says, not as many racers, not enough money to pay the bills and keep our favorite tracks open. He (Pat) and others, have invested a lot in trying to make a great facility and support the sportsman racer.

This NHRA decision also affects many other racers (ADRL, NMCA, points bracket racers, and others) that need a license and chassis certification to be able to run their cars wherever they compete. All these tracks also suffer.

Unfortunately, the Divisional staffs and the tracks we have got to know and race at will ultimately suffer. And that will affect us all.

FJ

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Good post Ed, How I would love to sit in on one of those mettings!!!!! you know just to feel the love

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Ed,

Why do you continue with your class warfare mentality. Do you really feel that NHRA owes you something. I don't care how much Tom Compton makes, or anybody else that works for NHRA. What give us the right to set the salary. Because we are members this give us the right to set the salary someone should make? Where is the contract we singed with NHRA giving us the right to cap someone's salary or fire them for not doing there job. You are member, like me, nothing more. The only thing we can do is voice our opinion or not support NHRA, and judging by your entry at e-town, you support NHRA.

You pay money to your cable company every month, probable for many years. If they double there price, what would you do? or better yet what could you do. Demand the CEO and his greedy executives step down, or find another cable company. You have supported your cable company for all these years, now they raise the price without asking you. I guess they owe you something huh.

Should government step in like they did with GM and have the CEO step down. Is that what everyone wants for NHRA. You want one man to dictate what someone should make?

Kandra, I feel bad that you have to travel so far to race, but should will also give racers that have old equipment new. Because some racers suffer hardships, we should then have the right to tell the NHRA how to run there, YES I SAID THERE organization. We are members and no where is it written that we have a say it what they do.

If one racer has a $250,000 operation, should we subsidize the racer that has only a 25,000 operation. Where do you draw the line for helping out a racer.

Its a tough deal when someone that loves drag racing is priced out because of higher fees or a tough economy. Racing is a luxury and it has evolved into a very expensive sport, especially when racing with NHRA. I had to sit out few years in the early nineties because I could not afford to go racing. I did not expect NHRA to lower the fees so I could race.

I respect the racers choice not to race with NHRA because of the latest fee increase, but I can not support the members of this forum who think they have a right to tell a company how to run there business. If NHRA has set the prices to high, then they will pay the ultimate price and fail, but the market should handle the correction not members who feel they have the right to tell NHRA how to be run.

I still do not understand how some can make the statements they are making without knowing what the financial status of NHRA is.

Don, I posted the price increase in a early post, but over charged myself. If I attend 6 nationals a year, have my car certified and renew my license, including an additional category, it will cost a extra $180.00 a year.

This is the break down on my yearly increased fees.

Insurance surcharge........ 6 races at $20.00 = $120.00
Certification...$75.00........divided by 3 years =$ 25.00
License........$25.00............................. .............=$ 25.00
Additional Category....$10.00..........................=$ 10.00

Total............................................. .......................=$180.00

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I know for a fact the tighting of NHRA Belts at the very first, started at the top .Big time