Maybe I Was Wrong

Kevin Panzino · 02-15-2020, 12:53 AM

Couldn't agree more Bobby.

John D you are of course entitled to your opinion and to lobby nhra for your desires, including in your articles. So long as you (and NHRA) understand you don't represent anyone other than yourself.

I found your suggestions in print where, perhaps some non-sportsman connected nhra employee/marketing types likely to read it, very concerning.
I can just hear the 23 year-old, fresh out of college, marketing major new hire in nhra saying " see, even the sportsman racers themselves don't want to be there on Sunday"

If a racer is so concerned about the financial aspect, getting home sooner, or minimizing the dead time at the race, there's a class for that. bracket racing.

A lot of us are in this class specifically because we enjoy the technical aspect of class racing and we enjoy being part of the big Nhra show.

While I was at first glad to see you wrote a second article admitting you might have judged us wrong (i believe for the majority of us, you did) alas, less than halfway through the piece you couldn't help yourself but to go right back to your original plot.

Again, you are of course entitled to your opinion, and can write whatever you like in your magazine. But if in doing so you attempt to lobby nhra for something I, a fellow nhra member disagree with, ill be calling nhra on Monday to let them know you don't speak for me.

I encourage everyone else who is in the same boat, to do likewise.

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Kevin Panzino Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 575 Likes: 298 Liked 747 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Maybe I Was Wrong Couldn't agree more Bobby. John D you are of course entitled to your opinion and to lobby nhra for your desires, including in your articles. So long as you (and NHRA) understand you don't represent anyone other than yourself. I found your suggestions in print where, perhaps some non-sportsman connected nhra employee/marketing types likely to read it, very concerning. I can just hear the 23 year-old, fresh out of college, marketing major new hire in nhra saying " see, even the sportsman racers themselves don't want to be there on Sunday" If a racer is so concerned about the financial aspect, getting home sooner, or minimizing the dead time at the race, there's a class for that. bracket racing. A lot of us are in this class specifically because we enjoy the technical aspect of class racing and we enjoy being part of the big Nhra show. While I was at first glad to see you wrote a second article admitting you might have judged us wrong (i believe for the majority of us, you did) alas, less than halfway through the piece you couldn't help yourself but to go right back to your original plot. Again, you are of course entitled to your opinion, and can write whatever you like in your magazine. But if in doing so you attempt to lobby nhra for something I, a fellow nhra member disagree with, ill be calling nhra on Monday to let them know you don't speak for me. I encourage everyone else who is in the same boat, to do likewise.