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I am a Comp racer and I also e-mail Royal Purple and got a response from Randy. I have also had a discussion with him and he express his concern for the racers that were effected. Their company plans on having meetings with track ownership to develop a plan to make this better for the future. I believe most would agree that the last thing that a company would want happen to them would be to lose business over investing dollars into sport to help it grow or at least maintain. As we seem to be losing tracks each year for several reasons but mainly economic reasons. I was not at the track this time because of health reasons but I do want be able to go back to RPR with the confidence that my investment will not be at risk. I have been there several time and had my equipment pulled out in the past. I don't know what will come out of the meetings but I do know that RP is trying to help in this for the future. Time will tell if they have enough influence to make change happen but I also don't believe anyone should penalize them for not being able to do so. I would hope that most racer support companies that support our sport and should be supported for their contributions made to the sport over the years and not for putting all their sales towards their bottom line as most corporations do in the business world today. I might add I am not a Royal Purple Products user at this time but I believe I will make an effort to give them a chance to earn my business in the future to give them some support. I would also hope that others would not make their decision on what happened in Houston be placed on Royal Purple's shoulders as in the end they were really only trying to help the sport we love.

Jody Holland
Comp 4682
L/AA