NHRA Please Read

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

Sally: you touched on one very important subject. " It's their Ballgame." ( It's their Ballpark, It's their rules, it's their Bat, it's their Ball, it's their Refs, and it's their Prices.) No one is holding a gun to anybodies head to go race NHRA. ( Except maybe in South Carolina.) If you don't want to race with NHRA ... DON'T. Plain and simple. Race IHRA, race local Brackets, don't race at all, go fishing, but for God's sake, EVERYONE, quit bitching about it. This is still America, and we still do have the right to choose. I will choose to race,( maybe not as often), Wherever, whenever, I want to, and my budget will allow. JB

No, Jim, it is NOT their ballgame. NHRA is a non profit organization funded by its members. It is OUR ballgame, but we have allowed it to be hijacked by corporate raiding profiteers. The entire original concept behind NHRA has been perverted by greedy individuals who are out of touch with their customer base and out of touch with reality. They are taking our money and wasting it, and they are taking our sport and killing it.

You are right about one thing, Jim. This is still America, and we have the right to speak our mind. We have the right to stand up for what we believe is right, and we have the right to stand up against what we believe is wrong. And one other thing. You have the right to not read it. So don't read it. It was pretty obvious what the original poster was going to post with the thread title, if you did not want to read it, no one put a gun to your head.

For all of you who can easily afford the cost increase, and for all of you who do not mind, that is fine. But when all ten of you show up to race, and they don't have a race because not enough racers showed up to make it worth their while (in other words, they don't get all the money they want from just you ten), don't act surprised, and don't come bitching to the rest of us. Because for every one of you to whom money is not an issue, there are 20 to whom it is, or maybe 200. For every 10 of you to whom principle doesn't matter, there are 100 to whom it does. Eventually, NHRA will make it so expensive, and so much of a pain in the ***, that attendance will shrink enough that they won't get enough people to rob.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

No, Jim, it is NOT their ballgame. NHRA is a non profit organization funded by its members. It is OUR ballgame, but we have allowed it to be hijacked by corporate raiding profiteers. The entire original concept behind NHRA has been perverted by greedy individuals who are out of touch with their customer base and out of touch with reality. They are taking our money and wasting it, and they are taking our sport and killing it.

You are right about one thing, Jim. This is still America, and we have the right to speak our mind. We have the right to stand up for what we believe is right, and we have the right to stand up against what we believe is wrong. And one other thing. You have the right to not read it. So don't read it. It was pretty obvious what the original poster was going to post with the thread title, if you did not want to read it, no one put a gun to your head.

For all of you who can easily afford the cost increase, and for all of you who do not mind, that is fine. But when all ten of you show up to race, and they don't have a race because not enough racers showed up to make it worth their while (in other words, they don't get all the money they want from just you ten), don't act surprised, and don't come bitching to the rest of us. Because for every one of you to whom money is not an issue, there are 20 to whom it is, or maybe 200. For every 10 of you to whom principle doesn't matter, there are 100 to whom it does. Eventually, NHRA will make it so expensive, and so much of a pain in the ***, that attendance will shrink enough that they won't get enough people to rob.

Alan, I'm with you on this one too, because this weekend I'll be in my first race of the year...two months behind most of the rest of my neighbors...and the only reason I'm racing is because of a bonus I earned from my driving job....Thank God for that!!!

[Blingmaster]

What IF??? We find total value of NHRA make an offer buy them out make it a for profit corporation and all your fees became shares of stock and run it like your elected officers knew what they were doing. Salaries would be set any profits were return to stockholders....DD

[J Adams]

Since his first post I though Don was trying to avoid a teardown. LOL

[Freddie]

Originally Posted by Blingmaster

What IF??? We find total value of NHRA make an offer buy them out make it a for profit corporation and all your fees became shares of stock and run it like your elected officers knew what they were doing. Salaries would be set any profits were return to stockholders....DD

It has been tried before, recetnly too.

There are a select few in the motorsports world who could possibly take on such a venture, but the real question would be is it more benificial to buy out NHRA or start a new association and starve them out?

[Don Kennedy]

By the way I have had my share of situations with NHRA for sure and I get them resolved personally and privately with NHRA officials.

I don't need to suck up to anyone and my posts are not that of course as most know I am very opinionated ,but I feel that a person has to look at both sides of the story before a comment is made period . Anyone can have a one-sided discussion on the internet which is easy.

Plus I always try to stay away from any personal attacks. I have found when a post is made to attack a person personally the person doing the attacking usually has nothing to contribute of value that means anything so they just attack personally

By the way if something would happen to NHRA where would most racers race at with their class car? What would your race car be worth if there were no place to race a class car?.

FYI I have been torn down 7 times,don't go quick enough with my old pontiac ,used up parts LOL

[Jeff Stout]

Now Don I was only funning with you. Not having NHRA around class cars would problably go to events that Alex did in Byron, Pat Joffrion events in LA.When I went to these 2 events it was the most fun and entertaining to watch then any Div and Nat event. Even the lonely Div race I won couldn't keep up with these 2 events. After not running for 3 years at any Div and Nat I must admit I don't miss it. In the last 2 weeks I have seriously considered selling the Super Stock Monte and motor. It would be a -.65 under car and to keep up with others in class.(in which I have had heads up rounds 60% of the time 4 and 5 years ago) I feel the money needed to build a -1.00 motor is not worth all the hassle to go to any Div and Nat. for peanuts.

[Don Kennedy]

ed I understand .

Wow it seems that some want to change the way NHRA does business . that is a huge undertaking to try and change one of the Most successfully ran organizations ever in the Drag racing world.

I am just wondering if those who want to either change or start another organization really know what it would take to do this? Time wise, Money wise , tracks wise, rules wise, insurance wise, racing dates , liability wise , logistics wise, is a very huge endeavor which in this time would be almost totally impossible to do just financially in my opinion of course