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Re: Racer Suspension

dead on with a zero!

Re: Racer Suspension $5000 - are you crazy

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 382080)

Really?? You think people race for the winners purse??
Walk through the pits and look at some S/SS cars!
30K Engines
6K Automatics
5K Cylinder Heads
100K-200K Cars
500K Haulers-Rigs
Not to mention race weekend expenses like race fuel, travel fuel, tires, and food!

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD THE MONEY FOR NEW SEAT BELTS, BUT YOU SPEND $100 ON A BEER FOR THE WEEKEND, YOUR PRIORITIES ARE REALLY MESSED UP. BUT EVEN WORSE, IT'S YOUR SAFETY!!

S/SS is an ego sport, plain and simple!!

I agree, Bob is a nice guy. But those that know him also know he skirted the system all the time. NHRA found a chance to get even. Plain and simple!

Sounds fine. Until you are the one get even with?
We don't have a clue about how this went down. Who said what and How what was said.
I have been on the get even side a NHRA myself. Being tossed for to little compression, being not allowed to race because of an obvious typo, getting horsepower for going fast where they stated in print wouldn't count. And last but far from least running a final round 3 times (that one was back in the Farmer/Wally days).
If any of you think it's okay for NHRA to get back at someone Please have the guts to print who you are.

Re: Racer Suspension $5000 - are you crazy

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 382080)

Just standing up for a friend, I think we really race for points more than anything else, grade points and points series.

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FWIW, I agree with you, Ashton. I also think a $5K fine is excessive. Just because some people have $500K+ operations does that make it OK for them to fine us $10K or $50K?

You were just comparing the amount of the fine to the payouts. Nothing wrong with that.

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I race for the really hot girls.......

.....mebbe the drugs haven't worn off.

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Kyle, glad to see there is some sense going on here. It all started out when a guy had a car, girls wanted to be with him. Now make it a race car and you've got something. But it still is hard to beat an astronaut.

If the seat belts we purchase @ $$$ are supposed to be so good, then why do they wear out so fast, for such little use. Can't there be a reputable safety conscious manufacturer out there to provide such a product. And if wear is not the problem, then NHRA should reconsider the re certification period and who they approve for safety products.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA strap me in.

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Extortion (also called shakedown, outwresting, and exaction) is a criminal offence of unlawfully obtaining money, property, or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the unlawful demanding and obtaining of something through force,[1] but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant.[2]
Extortion is distinguished from robbery. In armed robbery, the offender takes goods from the victim with use of immediate force. In robbery goods are taken or an attempt is made to take the goods against the will of another—with or without force. A bank robbery or extortion of a bank can be committed by a letter handed by the criminal to the teller. In extortion, the victim is threatened to hand over goods, or else damage to their reputation or other harm or violence against them may occur. Under United States federal law extortion can be committed with or without the use of force and with or without the use of a weapon. A key difference is that extortion always involves a written or verbal threat whereas robbery can occur without any verbal or written threat.
Blackmail, which involves extortion, is when the offender threatens to reveal information about a victim or his family members that is potentially embarrassing, socially damaging, or incriminating unless a demand for money, property, or services is met.
The term extortion is often used metaphorically to refer to usury or to price-gouging, though neither is legally considered extortion. It is also often used loosely to refer to everyday situations where one person feels indebted against their will, to another, in order to receive an essential service or avoid legal consequences.
Neither extortion nor blackmail require a threat of a criminal act, such as violence, merely a threat used to elicit actions, money, or property from the object of the extortion. Such threats include the filing of reports (true or not) of criminal behavior to the police, revelation of damaging facts (such as pictures of the object of the extortion in a compromising position), etc.

Re: Racer Suspension

Fellas, you are looking at this all wrong. There are other uses for the old belts rather than racing. The really worn ones won't chafe as much. And the quick release makes a clean escape possible when the kids come home too soon.

Allegedly.

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Originally Posted by Greenlight (Post 381963)

Here is what LS's widow wrote regarding his accident:

Hey, y'all. Reading all the comments about Lee's death makes me realize that rumors, reliable sources or not, are just not always true. He was doing 60-foot clockings that day, but he was world champ and had previously been in an end-over-end crash in Englishtown, NY, so he would have much more concern about safety than most others. He had his seatbelts on, and tight, and his helmet was on as was his fire jacket. Stories abounded about all those not being done, but they were. Alston installed the seatbelts which were made from sub-standard materials and broke under the force of the crash. His helmet was badly cracked on his way out of the car and there were fibers from his Simpson jacket embedded in the paint on the roll bar, he hit so hard. There was nothing he could do to get the car back under control on his way down the track with the crosswind, so he pulled the chute and the car turned instantly to the right and began to flip end over end, ejecting him early in the crash. He was killed instantly, leaving a huge hole in not only the racing world, but also in the world of those who loved and cherished him in his personal life! I know all this because I am his widow and wanted to let anyone who is interested know the truth. Thank you all for the kind words....

This is really interesting, where was this originally written/posted ?