NHRA Please Read

[Kandra Villani]

Don: Just in Competition numbers and Membership renewal (we buy an associate membership) we are looking at approximately $300 just for me and Tony to renew comp numbers (we each have 3 so we can race Stock, Super Stock, or ET, which ever we are running due to availability of cars since NHRA and LOCAL tracks won't let you run your stock number in any other class, even for one race). That's one race entry fee that we now can't budget.

May not be much to you, and if you know me, you KNOW we don't have a HUGE racing operation, never had, but as has always been the problem, everyone assumes you MUST spend to race. I have a 1996 F350 and currently NO trailer unless borrowed, usually open. I have a half finished car that I've been working on since I've known you. So I'm just supposed to take it in the rear end and not race??? Lovely.

You have great race programs in Arizona, I'm assuming. I don't have that availability, so what EXACTLY do you want us to do??? WHERE do we take our racing??? Bandimere is most likely doing away with any combo races they had, or have at least thought of doing so for the last few years. 4 races a year to race at locally doesn't justify a car, but WHY should I have to give up my car because some organization has a monopoly on the market???

Just questions, not a complaint per se, but it's always easy to tell someone to go somewhere else if they don't like something, there has to be somewhere else for them to go.

Kandra

[Brian Hummell]

my NHRA membership ran out last month.Along with my number. I had sent the membership department an email asking if they had a membership could be had at a lower cost without the National dragster. which in my house gose in the trash most of the time right away. My point was I only wanted it for the insurance for when racing and a rulebook. That is all I needed it for. my answer was they had a 6 month membership avilable.
From My driveway it is 60.3 miles to martin Ihra track , 61.7 miles to stanton nhra track.
Now granted in the last five years my racing has been none exsitant but i have been around. and have put a daughter threw college. tution is not cheap but her education is paid for.

When looking at what has happened over the last 10 years with both IHRA to has been less advasive then the NHRA. I am leaning Twords the IHRA simply because there is less to deal with and the cost.

Somewere in the NHRA there should be a charter or bylaws that states how officials are elected or apointed to the board. as members is not a vote involved to elect board members.

I am not suprised to see this coming down the pike. but this is a lot of how things are run in the US. If you do not see it look closer. It is a shame this is happening. NHRA has made a profit for a long time but we as sportsman racer never really saw any benfits of it.

Independent racing venues are looking better also Brian