2010 National Event Contingency
 

Just looked on line to figure out contingency payment for NHRA national events this season. Down about $2000 total from last.

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NO GM-MOPAR- &&&&& especially FORD---plus quite a few others that have supported drag racing for a long time !!!! Divisionals aren't doing that great either!!! comp 387

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AC-DELCO and GM are both on as of yesterday!

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Gee, I was told by somebody on this forum that lowering the indexes would force people to buy parts from the contingency companies which in turn would increase the payouts. :rolleyes:


-Toby

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While many companies have gotten away from offering contingency all together, many others have migrated to other sanctions like NMRA and NMCA in order to support racers who can, and actually do, buy their aftermarket parts.

This is not a slight on NHRA and/or Stock/Super Stock, but if we want our classes to remain pure and "stock" then you can't expect companies to support us "just because." These companies are not getting out of supporting drag racing, they are just supporting the people who buy their parts.

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J-E Pistons for S/S--CSR NAtional events--Motorcraft Batterys--Prestone---Headman Headers---Richmond---Speedco---Jet Hot---all have not posted this year with NHRA. If you include the lost postings from last year we have lost $6000,give or take a few hundred, in sticker money the last 2 years. Almost down 25%. Right in line with Wall St I guess. I only saw 2 new postings for sportsmen. We always check out who is doing what so we know what products to buy and use. Won't be hard to do this year.

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Maybe some will just bypass nhra and go right to the racers, or can they legally do that? Sure could save them some money if they have to pay even if no one claims.

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There have been a few notable companies that have done such "under-the-table" contingency in the last several years. The downside is that they can't brag/advertise that their product won a sanctioned event.

It cut out the middleman, but still required proof of decals and product.

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If someone wins a race a manufacter cannot advertise that they used there product to win the race if the manufacter is not on the contingency program?

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I'm no lawyer and don't know how the agreements are written, but I'm pretty sure most sanctioning bodies would take legal action. The company in question would be using the sanctioning body's name for "free" to promote their product. Unless, perhaps, they were associated with the sanctuioning body in some other way.