New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors - Page 3

Pedigo Perf · 11-08-2011, 02:17 PM

If I spent the money they did with NHRA, this could be considered a slap in the face! Talk about pissing off your best customers, damn.

Wade O[/QUOTE]

Or.....they may be playing "good cop, bad cop"

Randall Klein · 11-08-2011, 02:29 PM

Well the Diet Pepsi came out of the nose! PAAC, Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!.....another phantom advisory board? Didn't Big Brother use the same acronym (PAAC) when they dumped on S SS some new program last spring?

Nobody on this board was aware of it or who was on it. Now Jeg's is caught off guard? If they aren't on the PAAC, who is? Similar to phantom surveys we keep hearing about no one has participated in.

Wow! These guys must stay up at night studying NetFlix business model.

Chuck Beach · 11-08-2011, 02:41 PM

The writing is on the wall for NHRA. First of all they keep raising the insurance to enter a national event, now $95 per event. Second, they have half the fans and half the entries from prior years. Third, they keep adding other classes to make up the difference of low car counts, this all started when they cut out one sportsman class per event. Forth, the economy is in the tank because of the socialist nut cases in the white house so no one can afford to race or go watch. Look at division 2 with the 10, 11 & 12 sec classes. We got pro belt sanders and pro ET and pro jr dragster ... what is next? Now they are talking about cutting alcohol classes at divisionals ... so NHRA gouges us, now gouging the sponsors, the pros are lucky to get any sponsorship. Maybe next year a AA/SA car will be able to qualify for TF because there will only be 10 or 12 show up ..

Alan Roehrich · 11-08-2011, 03:02 PM

NHRA seems to be a lot like the federal government.

They think they have a revenue problem.

What they really have is a spending (SALARY) problem.

Instead of creating more customers, they intend to charge more fees to fewer customers.

Their business/marketing plan is not a good one.

tim worner · 11-08-2011, 03:21 PM

wonder if we were to pay the banner fee we could put up our own banners. Any suggestions what they might be or say?

novassdude · 11-08-2011, 03:56 PM

Does any one know any one on the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... They seem to be the blame of all that is bad at NHRA. Its' not our fault the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... said it was a great idea.

I just heard the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... thinks the NHRA board should be a voluteer position. Lets see if NHRA goes with that plan.

art leong · 11-08-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by novassdude

Does any one know any one on the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... They seem to be the blame of all that is bad at NHRA. Its' not our fault the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... said it was a great idea.

I just heard the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... thinks the NHRA board should be a voluteer position. Lets see if NHRA goes with that plan.

Comp Cams is one of them. Charlie Nielsen is another. There are a couple of racers that haven't had the balls to admit they are part of it on here.

FED 387 · 11-08-2011, 04:05 PM

I have asked who is a member and how to contact the PAAC group on at least 10 different occasions to as many as 4-5 different people ---NEVER HAVE EVER gotten a reply to either of my questions---anybody else know anything????

buzzinhalfdozen · 11-08-2011, 04:11 PM

Alan, though their strategy does seem to be flawed, there's no denying it does work at least to some degree. If the place I worked treated our customers like this we would certainly be in trouble our customers would simply go elsewhere. That being said we Do have choices though many wouldn't even entertain the idea of possibly racing say with IHRA, or your local Stock S/S series. Heck I'm considering all options. I've enjoyed racing both I&N both have their positives and negatives. Heck may even throw together some junk in the corner and simply bracket race. Never raced to try to make any money at it it's simply recreational for me, however at some point I have to decide just how much I'm willing to spend on a hobby. Joe

FED 387 · 11-08-2011, 04:12 PM

while looking for something on the Lucas Oil company website I noticed that our (NHRA) Tom Compton is on the Board of Directors of Lucas Corp. ----any conflict of interest there????

11-08-2011, 02:17 PM	#21
Pedigo Perf Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wichita Ks Posts: 383 Likes: 70 Liked 30 Times in 17 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors If I spent the money they did with NHRA, this could be considered a slap in the face! Talk about pissing off your best customers, damn. Wade O[/QUOTE] Or.....they may be playing "good cop, bad cop"

11-08-2011, 02:29 PM	#22
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors Well the Diet Pepsi came out of the nose! PAAC, Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!.....another phantom advisory board? Didn't Big Brother use the same acronym (PAAC) when they dumped on S SS some new program last spring? Nobody on this board was aware of it or who was on it. Now Jeg's is caught off guard? If they aren't on the PAAC, who is? Similar to phantom surveys we keep hearing about no one has participated in. Wow! These guys must stay up at night studying NetFlix business model.

11-08-2011, 02:41 PM	#23
Chuck Beach Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Delaware, Ohio Posts: 664 Likes: 12 Liked 58 Times in 13 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors The writing is on the wall for NHRA. First of all they keep raising the insurance to enter a national event, now $95 per event. Second, they have half the fans and half the entries from prior years. Third, they keep adding other classes to make up the difference of low car counts, this all started when they cut out one sportsman class per event. Forth, the economy is in the tank because of the socialist nut cases in the white house so no one can afford to race or go watch. Look at division 2 with the 10, 11 & 12 sec classes. We got pro belt sanders and pro ET and pro jr dragster ... what is next? Now they are talking about cutting alcohol classes at divisionals ... so NHRA gouges us, now gouging the sponsors, the pros are lucky to get any sponsorship. Maybe next year a AA/SA car will be able to qualify for TF because there will only be 10 or 12 show up .. __________________ Chuck Beach 3340 STK

11-08-2011, 03:02 PM	#24
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,124 Likes: 1,581 Liked 1,874 Times in 422 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors NHRA seems to be a lot like the federal government. They think they have a revenue problem. What they really have is a spending (SALARY) problem. Instead of creating more customers, they intend to charge more fees to fewer customers. Their business/marketing plan is not a good one. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S

11-08-2011, 03:21 PM	#25
tim worner Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: duncannon Posts: 837 Likes: 14 Liked 126 Times in 20 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors wonder if we were to pay the banner fee we could put up our own banners. Any suggestions what they might be or say? __________________ Tim Worner SS 1747

11-08-2011, 03:56 PM	#26
novassdude Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: usa Posts: 752 Likes: 204 Liked 136 Times in 49 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors Does any one know any one on the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... They seem to be the blame of all that is bad at NHRA. Its' not our fault the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... said it was a great idea. I just heard the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Committee!..... thinks the NHRA board should be a voluteer position. Lets see if NHRA goes with that plan.

11-08-2011, 04:05 PM	#28
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,423 Likes: 537 Liked 333 Times in 180 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors I have asked who is a member and how to contact the PAAC group on at least 10 different occasions to as many as 4-5 different people ---NEVER HAVE EVER gotten a reply to either of my questions---anybody else know anything????

11-08-2011, 04:11 PM	#29
buzzinhalfdozen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue Ohio Posts: 984 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors Alan, though their strategy does seem to be flawed, there's no denying it does work at least to some degree. If the place I worked treated our customers like this we would certainly be in trouble our customers would simply go elsewhere. That being said we Do have choices though many wouldn't even entertain the idea of possibly racing say with IHRA, or your local Stock S/S series. Heck I'm considering all options. I've enjoyed racing both I&N both have their positives and negatives. Heck may even throw together some junk in the corner and simply bracket race. Never raced to try to make any money at it it's simply recreational for me, however at some point I have to decide just how much I'm willing to spend on a hobby. Joe __________________ Joe Buchanan SS/BX 3117

11-08-2011, 04:12 PM	#30
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,423 Likes: 537 Liked 333 Times in 180 Posts	Re: New NHRA Enhancement for Sponsors while looking for something on the Lucas Oil company website I noticed that our (NHRA) Tom Compton is on the Board of Directors of Lucas Corp. ----any conflict of interest there????