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TOM KASCH 01-21-2011 01:30 PM

NHRA tax returns
 
http://www.dragracingonline.com/anal...returns-1.html

after 50 yrs of buying a membership I'm not going to this yr.

Jason Fuller 01-21-2011 06:18 PM

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NHRA is grossly under paying the winners of the sportsman classes. I had no idea how bad they are screwing the racers...and the tech support....excuse me while I throw up...

Ed Fernandez 01-21-2011 06:44 PM

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[QUOTE=Jason Fuller;234686]NHRA is grossly under paying the winners of the sportsman classes. I had no idea how bad they are screwing the racers...and the tech support....excuse me while I throw up...[/QUOTE

Don't forget to take off the respirator first.

norm saibene 01-21-2011 07:21 PM

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they are not for the sportsman just the pros and they are boring always the same ones they need to pay the sportsman way more its sad that ihra pays just has good and they are half the size of nhra

Ed Fernandez 01-21-2011 07:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by norm saibene (Post 234706)
they are not for the sportsman just the pros and they are boring always the same ones they need to pay the sportsman way more its sad that ihra pays just has good and they are half the size of nhra

I don't know where you have raced but IHRAs payouts aren't close to the cheesy payout scale of NHRA.Their races are more layed back than NHRA,which is a good thing.

cad 01-21-2011 07:31 PM

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...edit...wrong thread

Jason Fuller 01-21-2011 07:53 PM

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[QUOTE=Ed Fernandez;234691]
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Fuller (Post 234686)
NHRA is grossly under paying the winners of the sportsman classes. I had no idea how bad they are screwing the racers...and the tech support....excuse me while I throw up...[/QUOTE

Don't forget to take off the respirator first.


LOL. That was funny.. Thanks.:)

Ed Fernandez 01-21-2011 08:47 PM

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[QUOTE=Jason Fuller;234713]
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez (Post 234691)


LOL. That was funny.. Thanks.:)

You're welcomed.

Frank Castros 01-21-2011 09:05 PM

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You guys act liked jilted lovers.The NHRA has been screwing you for years. Support your local ST/SS associations and fnck the NHRA.

Frank Castros 01-21-2011 09:11 PM

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If Wally was alive and lucid what would he think of all this?

Alan Roehrich 01-21-2011 09:20 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Castros (Post 234737)
You guys act liked jilted lovers.The NHRA has been screwing you for years. Support your local ST/SS associations and fnck the NHRA.

A lot of these guys paid their dues for decades, so they have a right to complain about being screwed.

There are two choices here. Allow the board to steal NHRA and sell it (they already tried) or run it into the ground, or the racers can try to get it back into the hands of people who care about racing, and try to save it.

There's no reason that people can't support the combo races AND support efforts to return NHRA to an organization that is for the racers, and not for the bank accounts of people sitting on the board of directors.

Frank Castros 01-21-2011 09:29 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 234742)
A lot of these guys paid their dues for decades, so they have a right to complain about being screwed.

There are two choices here. Allow the board to steal NHRA and sell it (they already tried) or run it into the ground, or the racers can try to get it back into the hands of people who care about racing, and try to save it.

There's no reason that people can't support the combo races AND support efforts to return NHRA to an organization that is for the racers, and not for the bank accounts of people sitting on the board of directors.

Alan,

Of course you and all the current competitors have the right to complain. But the current news is certainly not a surprise, is it? As a former racer I sincerely feel for you guys and I'm angry for you. Support your local ST/SS associations and encourage your local track operators to seek alternatives (IHRA?) The NHRA is run by bad people.

Alan Roehrich 01-21-2011 09:42 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Castros (Post 234745)
Alan,

Of course you and all the current competitors have the right to complain. But the current news is certainly not a surprise, is it? As a former racer I sincerely feel for you guys and I'm angry for you. Support your local ST/SS associations and encourage your local track operators to seek alternatives (IHRA?) The NHRA is run by bad people.

It's not a surprise. We have the right, and the obligation, to do a lot more than complain. We were given a legacy by those who went before us, our sport. Our heroes and mentors, the participants, they built this sport, they built NHRA. And it has been taken from them, and from us. NHRA is run by people who love money, not the sport. That's wrong, and something needs to be done about it. It'd be a whole lot better and easier for the racers to take NHRA back than it would to start from scratch.

Frank Castros 01-21-2011 09:51 PM

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Alan,
This is the forum. You have the passion.
Who else does? Jack Matyas, Jeff Teuton, Dwight Southerland?
What say you?

Alan Roehrich 01-21-2011 09:59 PM

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Frank,
This forum is merely a means to organize, discuss, and to disseminate information. That is what will happen here, and it has happened, and will continue to happen. What must happen next will happen "out in the real world". Let's hope that it does happen.

ALMACK 01-21-2011 10:04 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Castros (Post 234739)
If Wally was alive and lucid what would he think of all this?

It's a shame to see what's happening to all of Wally's work.
So sad....

Frank Castros 01-21-2011 10:08 PM

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I hope with the passion of people like you that is does for the good of class racing. The grass roots of the sport of drag racing.

novassdude 01-22-2011 12:32 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Castros (Post 234739)
If Wally was alive and lucid what would he think of all this?

In the beginning Wally did great things for dragracing. But I believe in the end He was right there with them. He is the one that put these people in charge and enjoyed a very nice pay check himself.

Frank Castros 01-22-2011 07:28 AM

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Dude,

You are probably correct that Wally sold out at the end but I bet he still believed in what he created unlike Tom Compton who has no emotional attachment to drag racing.

BlueOval Ralph 01-22-2011 12:01 PM

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He and Barb would take their checks and cash them!


Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Castros (Post 234739)
If Wally was alive and lucid what would he think of all this?


Frank Castros 01-22-2011 03:40 PM

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I had a couple drinks with Steve Evans at the Somerset Marriott during the 1980(?) Summernationals and I told him that I was concerned about the future of Stock and Super Stock because Super Gas was becoming so popular and there where rumors sportsman racing was headed in that direction.
His reply was "Wally Parks will not let that happen because he knows that Stock and Super Stock are the true grassroots of NHRA drag racing".
I believed him to be sincere and felt pretty good about Wally parks after that conversation.

Does Tom Compton have any idea about the heritage of this sport?

Greg Hill 01-22-2011 05:01 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by frank castros (Post 234896)
i had a couple drinks with steve evans at the somerset marriott during the 1980(?) summernationals and i told him that i was concerned about the future of stock and super stock because super gas was becoming so popular and there where rumors sportsman racing was headed in that direction.
His reply was "wally parks will not let that happen because he knows that stock and super stock are the true grassroots of nhra drag racing".
I believed him to be sincere and felt pretty good about wally parks after that conversation.

Does tom compton have any idea about the heritage of this sport?

no


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