How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ???

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Art, it doesn't matter what you spend on parts, that's not why they pay you contingency money. It's called "contingency SPONSOR program" for a reason. They don't pay you contingency money just because you spent money on their parts. They pay you contingency money to advertise for them. If they don't think a single pass is a good advertising value, that is their decision, you have no right to expect to be able to force them to pay.

Buying parts does not automatically entitle you to get paid, I've bought a ton of parts from people who do not pay contingency at all, simply because it was the best part for the race car. Companies can elect to pay or not, it's a free country, and a free market economy, at least to an extent. They can pay out money any way they see fit, or not at all. See, it is their money, it is not your money, or my money. It belongs to them.

This "entitlement" mentality is amusing. Especially from people who call themselves "conservative" outside of racing.

You know, you can always vote with your wallet, if you don't like the way contingency sponsors want the program where they GIVE you their money structured, you can always buy your parts somewhere else, and tell them why.

I'm fully aware that a lot of the singles for class are stick cars. Some of my best friends run stick cars. We ran one too, for a while, and may run one again. If we have a single for class, and they don't want to pay us, well, it was their money, not ours.

I personally couldn't care less how many singles you or anyone else gets for class, it does not matter to me. It does not cost me a dime.

All I'm doing is telling you what people in the business are faced with. You don't have to like it, you don't have to agree with it, you don't have to believe me.

But you'll have to deal with the reality of the situation, like it or not, sooner or later.

See, I carry the "conservative" mentality over to racing, too. I have no right to tell other people how to spend their money, it is not my money, it is their money.

Do you feel you have a right to tell people how they can spend their money? Because by demanding contingency sponsors pay the way YOU want them to pay is telling other people how to spend their money. Are you sure you have the right to do that?

Alan,
Some of this makes perfect sense BUT... Why do they require we use the parts then if its just a advertisement ? Take Jiffy Tite for example, they require you spend at least 200$ per car with fittings. A bunch of manufactures only pay for a Ellim win but not class.
And I doubt very much all the PRO payouts with Contingency they even think of using those parts. My point is, Its the marketing strategy being used and the dollar amount they spend on return, 5,500$ is a ton of money for them to dish out so has NHRA lowered the cost of that in this situation to help ?? Doubt it