Will you miss the Pros?

Don Whitmore · 06-03-2007, 10:21 AM

Nobody's going to spectate anything if it's not advertised!

I agree with Michael Beard's comment. Maybe it takes more creativity now, but operators could follow Norwalk's lead at the recently completed Div 3 points meet.

Does anyone think the National meets have just gotten too big? If your a sportsman, it takes four to five days to attend a national event!! There's too much jammed in there. If bad weather happens, the sportsmen are the ones who suffer.

If this purchase/merger is handled properly, and NHRA makes the sportsman the focus of their own meets, with other marketing ideas, it has the potential to help sportsman racing. Manufacturers will follow the sportsman because that's where they want to be. Notice the midway's at the national meets, it's all about the sportsman.

I wouldn't really miss the pros. Glidden, Jenkins, Maskins and others are the ones I miss. They're the ones we learned from.

06-03-2007, 10:21 AM	#36
Don Whitmore Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 140 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nobody's going to spectate anything if it's not advertised! I agree with Michael Beard's comment. Maybe it takes more creativity now, but operators could follow Norwalk's lead at the recently completed Div 3 points meet. Does anyone think the National meets have just gotten too big? If your a sportsman, it takes four to five days to attend a national event!! There's too much jammed in there. If bad weather happens, the sportsmen are the ones who suffer. If this purchase/merger is handled properly, and NHRA makes the sportsman the focus of their own meets, with other marketing ideas, it has the potential to help sportsman racing. Manufacturers will follow the sportsman because that's where they want to be. Notice the midway's at the national meets, it's all about the sportsman. I wouldn't really miss the pros. Glidden, Jenkins, Maskins and others are the ones I miss. They're the ones we learned from.