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Originally Posted by B Aceves
Alan,
Some of this makes perfect sense BUT... Why do they require we use the parts then if its just a advertisement ? Take Jiffy Tite for example, they require you spend at least 200$ per car with fittings. A bunch of manufactures only pay for a Ellim win but not class.
And I doubt very much all the PRO payouts with Contingency they even think of using those parts. My point is, Its the marketing strategy being used and the dollar amount they spend on return, 5,500$ is a ton of money for them to dish out so has NHRA lowered the cost of that in this situation to help ?? Doubt it
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Bob,
They require you to use the part because they're using your performance to sell their parts. The idea is "Bob won this race running our parts, if you buy our parts, you'll be a winner too". Sure, they want to know you're spending money with them, too. But they want proof that you're running their parts just as much to prove their parts are on winners as they do to make sure you spent money with them. It really isn't good for them if they pay you, but you tell all your friends that you're really running something else.
And if you'll note, I think I did a pretty fair job of calling NHRA out for being a big part of what has happened. I doubt I'm high on NHRA's "number one fan list", either.
Again, I'm not on ANYONE'S side. I merely said I can see where the contingency sponsors could feel like they weren't getting their money's worth out of singles. I never even said I agree with it. I just said I can see where they're coming from.
I do not have a single shred of evidence that this was engineered by NHRA to cheat the racers, nor where it was lobbied for by a select group of racers for their own benefit. I have not seen anyone produce any evidence of either being the case.