Thank you Gloria and Dave Ley
 

When it comes to a great couple that gave their heart and soul to Sportsman Dragracing,,Gloria and Dave Ley are at the top of the list!!! I've known them for at least 30 years and not once,,NOT ONCE,,did I every see or hear them bitch or complain. It was always a huge pleasure to see Gloria trying to sort out a mess in the staging lanes and Dave always did a great job at the scales or fuel check. To see them gone is really a TRADEDY!!!
I worked for NYSDOCS,as a civilian, for 18 years and in that time I worked for some real assholes!!! My supervisors had no EXPERIENCE with the products we made at the prison,using inmate labor,and they only got the jobs because they were either politically appointed or they were buddies with the next person up on the ladder.
My boss had two sayings when he got his thong knotted up!! First was,,"If I Have To I'll Flex My Authority"!! The other,,"It's My Way Or The Highway"!!!
They were real manly,,but could F,,k up someone up if they wanted to rules or no rules right or wrong!! I came close to telling them to SUCK MY EAR!!!
Anyway,,Thank you Gloria and Dave!! We will definitely miss you two at the Dragraces and wish you both nothing but the BEST!!!

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Amen. Well said Tim. We will miss them.

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Living legends for sure.

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Thanks for the excellent support in D2 Dave and Gloria! Best wishes In your retirement!

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Didn't know they were retiring. Best couple in drag racing. Best to both of you in retirement, you will be missed.

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Good Luck on your retirement

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Best wishes for your retirement. We'll miss you both at the races!

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Enjoy your retirement Dave & Gloria, as it is Well Deserved !!!

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Retirement. I guess thats one way to put it...

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Ha!

Exactly Dan, more great people gone for no reason what a shame!

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Agree ….What a shame ?? ..Dave and Gloria have certainly contributed so much to our sport ….Their presence at the track will be missed ….

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Maybe they'll come out of retirement and work for IHRA 😉 Great people!! Surely be missed!!




Bret Velde
2003 I/SA

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I had heard a little about this....not good..

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Especially for the last few years, Dave Ley has been the back bone and the advocate of Stock Eliminator and Super Stock at NHRA. He's been the voice of reason, and of common sense. He's been "one of our people" and our friend for DECADES. What Dave and his wife Gloria have done for Stock Eliminator and Super Stock over the years absolutely cannot be over estimated, nor over stated. This is a tremendous loss to the sport. These are people who truly loved and cared for us and our sport. These people are more than friends, they are FAMILY.

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Wow I guess all good things come to an end . Sometimes you just don't know how good you have it til it's gone . Thank you for all the good times and enjoy the next chapter of your life Dave & Gloria

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Thank You Guys !!!!!!!

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For anyone that wants to see Dave & Gloria, they will be at our CCRA/CCMP as our tech officials. This is their second year with us & I'm not letting them "retire" anytime soon. You will find Dave under the hood of a car teching it, then on the starting line waiting every car go down the track & Mrs. Gloria can always be found in the back of the staging lanes getting our racers in the correct lanes & handling pairings.

NHRA lost 2 of the best official IMO but I'm tickled to death to have them both in our corner.

See y'all at the track!

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They did NOT "Retire". They were FORCED out by some one that was given an ultimatum. Which was, "You either fire Dave, or YOUR fired!" Is what I heard. Red Man, Alan Reinhart, Dave Ley. These were all people that were highly respected and appreciated by the sportsman racers. Yet the big wigs seem to think they are expendable if they don't "Do as you're told!" Hell, NHRA can't even follow their own rules! NHRA rules state that qualifying runs don't count when you fail fuel check. So when someone goes WAY under their index, triggering an automatic "Hit" to that class, but fails fuel check, then how come that run counts towards that trigger? AND that run would have made that car the #1 qualifier at that race. But, that car was not listed as the #1 qualifier because the run was disqualified. So if the run was disqualified, why did it count towards the automatic trigger? I guess the NHRA rules will only be applied when THEY decide it matters. And when a actual NHRA tech person with over 30 years experience in the NHRA tech department questions this whole incident, and voices their professional opinion, they are told to "Just shut up and do as we say, OR ELSE!" Well, now we know what "OR ELSE" means don't we! When are we sportsman racers gonna say ENOUGH is ENOUGH from these Dictators at the top of the NHRA food chain? They get rid of the people that are actually pleasant to be around and work with sportsman racers in their questions, concerns, and complaints. I guess all they want are people that will just "DO WHAT WE SAY, OR ELSE"!

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Thanks for all the things you have done for our sport! Hope to see you guys soon.

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People, it's time for everyone to wake up and understand. We, the racers, have trained NHRA how to treat us and our family.


We, the racers, have stood silently while NHRA continues to treat some really great people really badly.

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It is called RIF when you old or position eliminated or better yet forced retirement. Just happened to me after many many years. Really great people I wish them all the luck enjoy.

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i need the 'love' button here!!

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Thank you Dave and Mrs Gloria for all you have done for us and most of all your friendship! I'm lucky since I run the CCRA I get to see you guys and I plan to run all these races this year NHRA is losing its luster to me more and more each day.

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They did NOT "Retire". They were FORCED out by some one that was given an ultimatum. Which was, "You either fire Dave, or YOUR fired!" Is what I heard. Red Man, Alan Reinhart, Dave Ley. These were all people that were highly respected and appreciated by the sportsman racers. Yet the big wigs seem to think they are expendable if they don't "Do as you're told!" Hell, NHRA can't even follow their own rules! NHRA rules state that qualifying runs don't count when you fail fuel check. So when someone goes WAY under their index, triggering an automatic "Hit" to that class, but fails fuel check, then how come that run counts towards that trigger? AND that run would have made that car the #1 qualifier at that race. But, that car was not listed as the #1 qualifier because the run was disqualified. So if the run was disqualified, why did it count towards the automatic trigger? I guess the NHRA rules will only be applied when THEY decide it matters. And when a actual NHRA tech person with over 30 years experience in the NHRA tech department questions this whole incident, and voices their professional opinion, they are told to "Just shut up and do as we say, OR ELSE!" Well, now we know what "OR ELSE" means don't we! When are we sportsman racers gonna say ENOUGH is ENOUGH from these Dictators at the top of the NHRA food chain? They get rid of the people that are actually pleasant to be around and work with sportsman racers in their questions, concerns, and complaints. I guess all they want are people that will just "DO WHAT WE SAY, OR ELSE"!

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The new NHRA will destroy and dismantle stock and SS in the coming future. It?s time to support IHRA. Great payouts and just maybe we get real tech there.

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Thank you!

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Thank you Dave and Gloria

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Really sorry to hear this. Dave and Gloria were a great addition to the D2 team. Dave at the scale and Gloria working the pairings and staging process. They will be missed by all.
Enjoy your retirement Dave and Gloria.
Mike Pearson.