Looking for a ballot.

[Julie Jordan]

Originally Posted by Randall Klein

Just for yucks, cut Glendora about a million, put it into purses: for argument sake, divide a million by 12 classes (assuming each gets 1/12th of the pork), then divide by National Events, and/or 40 some LODRS events and you get what....car wash money?

Therein lies a very big problem. Drag racing is so diverse, with so many classes and events that it takes HUGE sums of money to make any noticeable increase to the racers. Unfortunately, it is very hard to market all these different classes to sponsors and fans in order to get more money. And, if they did get more money, there is no way each class' participants would be happy with their share of the pie, they would all feel they deserve more. (In this regard I agree with Carl Olson's assessement...if you left the running of NHRA to the racers, each with their own agenda, very little would get accomplished!)

As far as the salaries? They may appear excessive to some, perhaps being looked at from your position in the salary chain. However, compared to compensation for similar-sized organizations I don't see that things are too whacky in that regard.