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Jim Wahl · 06-05-2007, 01:29 PM

Mike and Bruce I agree with both of you. Sportsman racing will never evolve or grow with the naysaying I have heard on this thread. I started this thread to emphasize that we must demand an accurate accounting of the monies that go with this deal! No, we are not shareholders in the NHRA but we are members of what apparently has become, even though being very top heavy, a rather lucrative company. Morally, we are owed more than an after the fact paragraph in an obscure area of an internet web page. This deal rates a multipage article in National Dragster as well as the NHRA web site. Yes Wally and Company have steered the ship for all these years and done a reasonable job, but the $100 million is nothing compaired to the money and sweat the racers have spent with the NHRA in the last 50 years! You want to try and go into the professional sports entertainment buisness by splitting the Pro racers from the Sportsman racers, fine, but now is the time to nurture your "amateur" ranks. From these ranks come your future professional racers. Two things need to happen immediately:

1. A full as possible disclosure of the deal and the predicted path of the monies associated.

2. Arrange a meeting, either face to face or internet, with representitives of the Sportsman ranks to discuss in good faith the future of Sportsman racing and the perceived ramifications of current and future enhancements.

I believe if these two simple objectives were met by the NHRA it would relieve most of the angst that is being felt by the majority of the Sportsman racers at this time.

Jim Wahl
6 Time National record Holder
2239 BF/S
I miss Buster Couch also! 'cause Div.2 will always be "Buster's Rebels"

06-05-2007, 01:29 PM	#6
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,844 Likes: 667 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Mike and Bruce I agree with both of you. Sportsman racing will never evolve or grow with the naysaying I have heard on this thread. I started this thread to emphasize that we must demand an accurate accounting of the monies that go with this deal! No, we are not shareholders in the NHRA but we are members of what apparently has become, even though being very top heavy, a rather lucrative company. Morally, we are owed more than an after the fact paragraph in an obscure area of an internet web page. This deal rates a multipage article in National Dragster as well as the NHRA web site. Yes Wally and Company have steered the ship for all these years and done a reasonable job, but the $100 million is nothing compaired to the money and sweat the racers have spent with the NHRA in the last 50 years! You want to try and go into the professional sports entertainment buisness by splitting the Pro racers from the Sportsman racers, fine, but now is the time to nurture your "amateur" ranks. From these ranks come your future professional racers. Two things need to happen immediately: 1. A full as possible disclosure of the deal and the predicted path of the monies associated. 2. Arrange a meeting, either face to face or internet, with representitives of the Sportsman ranks to discuss in good faith the future of Sportsman racing and the perceived ramifications of current and future enhancements. I believe if these two simple objectives were met by the NHRA it would relieve most of the angst that is being felt by the majority of the Sportsman racers at this time. Jim Wahl 6 Time National record Holder 2239 BF/S I miss Buster Couch also! 'cause Div.2 will always be "Buster's Rebels" __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.