Lee,
Although it's true racers will come no matter what the purse, I can assure you that you are in the extreme minority as to not caring what the purses are. 100% of the racers I know think it is long past due for a purse increase. What we're running for is antiquated money.
Nobody said anything about us getting 100% back, but my god, they just got 100 million dollars. And we will still pay our own way after the split, just as before. NHRA has had 40+ years to refine their expendatures and profit/loss margin. It seems it has worked well for them, and every racer I know says it's time to give back, in the form of better payouts. All expenses go up for us, the racers. Payout needs and should go up to.
Your thoughts about the money going for rules equality, and throttle stop elimination etc. I don't understand. I am for both of those things ( although in the real world throttle stops are here to stay, you must be realistic ) but how would doing those things cost money for management? They just say...no throttle stops. Or no more long buttons, or whatever. Doesn't take a cent to do that. Are you also against my hope of sportsman representation ? Shouldn't future rule changes, enhancements, be done in combination with sportsman representation ?
I have found that racers care about mostly three things. And the order of importance varies from racer to racer. But the three things are:
Traction........Money........Respect.
Everything else will fall in to place.
Mike ( madness & ) Mayhem
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06-04-2007, 09:05 AM
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