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Originally Posted by Jim Wahl
X2. It's called "The Big Squeeze" (as in squeeze us out of racing) Jim
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Well, we can't get in to Super Stock. It's really difficult to justify just entering Stock Eliminator. The truth is, without being able to enter both cars, we're better off economically to not go at all, and instead go to another race where we can enter both cars. The only reason to go to Gainesville now is to make an appearance for one of our sponsors. In this economy, you really have to watch the racing budget carefully if you want to race, there's not a lot of money available to race on, you really can't afford to waste a dime. There's a limited amount of time you can be away from work, whether you own the place or just work there. So it does not make sense from that standpoint either. Why take a week off to go to Gainesville to race one car, when you can take a different time period off and go race two?
It is really a sad way to run a business, they're telling us they don't want our money. Then they justify it by claiming the car count was low last year. Ever had a restaurant stop you at the door and say "you didn't eat here last week, so we don't want or need your business this week"? Because that is exactly what NHRA is doing.