2011 LODRS Contingency
 

Spotted this as new on D2's website, apologize if one of the recent "hot" threads already provided it....

http://www.nhra.net/2011/sportsman/L...ontingency.pdf

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Damn.....if that's a full list I would only claim 17 of the products! Only 1700 contingency to win and 850 for r/u!!!! PATHETIC!!!!

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I come up with 8.Don't know what some are contingent on though.

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2011 list is down from the 2010 list 29 contingency products, over $40,000 less posted per event, and over $1.8 million less posted for the entire year.:eek:

Notable longtime particpants missing are ATI, Comp Cams, & Edelbrock.:mad:

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OUCH.. where'd everybody go? Cops broke up the party. Ford went home, MT went home, aeromotive, comp cams, altronics, edelbrock all peaced out too? Can any new sponsors choose to be added over the course of the year or is this final?

Now in all seriousness, can we plead with NHRA to raise the payouts to make up for the loss of sponsors? 4 rounds and not even getting your entry fee back is just brutal.

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I don't know the process but I am going to assume the companies not only pay contingencies to the racers but have to pay NHRA to be a sponsor.

Maybe 'the cost of doing business' with NHRA no longer falls within their budget.
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I'm thinking this is just a list of companies that have signed the contract, and many more longtime sponsors are still pending...

I sure hope!!!!

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Maybe the sponsors got "enhanced" also?

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I think Mopar is posting the same as last year. I will find out officially.

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Mickey Thompson is in LODRS and Jegs Sports nationals only, spoke with them Wednesday.

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Yea, it looks disappointing so far but I've been told that a bunch of the bigs have yet to commit. The new Class deal, however, is generating a lot of interest. Wait for 2012, should be real good !!!!!!!!

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How's this for a novel idea.. NHRA pays back some of the money it collects instead of everyone relying on contingency. It's always amazed me how they post XXX amount for the event of which a lot probably isn't paid out because the majority is contingency. NHRA takes credit for a payout they contribute little to.

This is from the 2002 Gatornationals just to compare how nothing has changed.

Posted.................1,783,500
Contingency........1,094,150
NHRA/Track...........689,500

Pro Payout.............555,100
Sportsman..............134,400

As far as I can tell it's a double edged sword for sponsors. They have to pay NHRA then pay the racers who run their product. It should be one or the other with a decent payout back to the racers.

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Should put this post into the 'Sticky' as well !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bernie it seems like you are the main racer behind this new deal. So if it works will you take the credit? If it fails miserably what will you do? Blame someone else?

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Bernie if you start your own forum you can sticky everything !!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It was updated today starting to look better.:)

http://www.nhra.net/2011/sportsman/L...ontingency.pdf

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Not surprised but NO GM/FORD/MOPAR did ya notice???

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I talked to NHRA contingency director about making a few changes to let small companies in without upsetting the guys who paid the big bucks. Probably not happening in 2011 but he is going to try to get something going for CLass and smaller LODRS sponsors for 2012.

At least Charlie is thinking about it, that is not a bad thing.

Jok

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Yes where are they?

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GM is posting for block and heads at national events. They haven't done div races in years.

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In class races, I'm going to take my allotted number of time runs, including 1st round of class, and that's it! Win or lose! No use of putting additional runs on my car that aren't elimination runs!

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That would save some money. Can't buy parts with a trophy.

Still don't see ATI?

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I'm know for a fact, you will not be the only one doing this.

A lot of racers will just stop going.

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Has anybody heard if ATI is going to be involved again?

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Ok, now that the list is revised, I can get 28. That's a little better!! Still not anywhere near where it should be!

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Several updates but some inconsistencies between info found on some of the NHRA provided links so I'll let you pick your own. Be interesting to see what Bradenton winners and R/U's found out.

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Gota save that $$$$ for NASCAR (shrip & lobster crowd) and Sporty car (whine & cheese crowd)

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GM, Ford, Mopar, ATI, etc. are on the NHRA contingency list for National and LODRS events but they don't all show up when I pulled D2's latest list. In any case it's nice to see some more stepping up to the plate.