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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich
If you HAVEN'T seen a derogatory comment directed towards the representatives, you haven't been reading the threads. Woodro Josey and Jeff Teuton were called out BY NAME on this board, and that is ONE example. There have been multiple derogatory comments directed towards the entire committee.
Unless you are a member of the committee, or privy to the rules that apply to the committee, you do not even know if anyone records the minutes, or, more importantly, if NHRA even allows them to be published, if they are recorded.
From what Jim Waldo wrote, the committee voted to no longer allow people who single for a class win to get a pass into the final eliminations. It should be obvious to anyone paying attention at that point that NHRA made the other change, that is not allowing ANY class winners who did not qualify by ET into the final eliminator.
IF you've been listening, and asking the right people, you've heard by now that this latest rule was only PART of what was proposed and voted on. I've been told by multiple sources that there was also a proposal to lower the indexes 2 tenths. As to the class win rule, well, that is quoted in another post, and above in this post.
It's called an ADVISORY committee. Meaning these people advise NHRA, and NOT that NHRA does what the committee tells them.
By the way, so far there are two polls, and I have voted in neither, and both show that by at least some margin, at least a slim majority would prefer that the 128 fastest cars qualify. Of course, these are not scientific polls, and only reflect the opinions of a few who come to these forums and vote.
I'm not a fan of the 0.90 Super classes. However, if you are so deluded as to think that NHRA is going to kick them out, and let more Stock and Super Stock racers in, you are just that, deluded. They require only a cursory safety tech, and a heads up Pro tree. They are 20% the trouble we class racers are. I used to crew multiple cars in the 0.90 Super classes, I never cared much for them then, and do not now, although I have some VERY good friends who race those very classes. But I sure do find it amusing that people who say no one has the right to tell THEM they shouldn't have a place to race are very quick to tell someone else the exact same thing.
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WOW!!
For someone who takes exception in your posting to "derogatory remarks" that you percieve, you sure quick to dole them out!
No one is deluded sir!
If you wish to trade insults, I do not and you are in fact VERY derogatory and insulting.
You can prove that you have class with an apology ..or not.
I KNOW NHRA will not elminate the So-Called "Super" Clases from Natiaon Events.
They are a CASH COW and although boring as hell, with a lot of nice guys running them, they will remain for the reasons you state.
I have to give NHRA credit for being " inclusive" in rtecent years and responding to trends.
Examples are: Sport Compacts, Pro Stock Truck (knee jerk reaction to NASCAR Truck Clasees) , Pro Stock Bike...that class still has me wondering why BIKES are at the drags, No cars run at the bike events do they??
I am stubborn in accepting the fact that NHRA has been slow in changing it's logo and name to reflect that it is really now the NHRC...the National Hot Rod CORPORATION . dedicated to PROFIT!
It is all about the Bottom line, balance sheets and profits.
The fan and the racer are an afterthought that get lost in the shuffle, as long as there is SOME source of revenue they keep proving that they really care very little for those who supported them.
You must know PT Barnum's old line. NHRA has it as it's credo....
Now please do not take my opinion as DEROGATORY, I would not want to ellicit more insutls from you beacuse my OPINION Upset you...after all according to you I am deluded.
Cheers;
Derek