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[Bill Diehl]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

realistically, whether you race NHRA or IHRA or mud race, or whatever,
when the vast majority of sportsman have north of $125,000-$150,000+ in truck, trailer, motorhomes, cars, pit bikes, generators, etc, and the purse is $1000-$1500, the sanctioning bodies obviously see no reason to increase purses....or decrease entry fees for that matter.

....think about it.

and that's why the sport continues to decline, you only have the folks with disposable, or excess income out there...everybody else is sitting on the sidelines.


now, it the purse was $125,000-$150,000+......


think about it

[James Perrone]

Originally Posted by Bill Diehl

and that's why the sport continues to decline, you only have the folks with disposable, or excess income out there...everybody else is sitting on the sidelines.


now, it the purse was $125,000-$150,000+......


think about it

it's all the people with the motor homes and trailers You haters are pathetic You keyboard racers keep throwing stones Maybe if you raced you would understand why . Car counts fine where I race

[Jim Caughlin]

Great, after all these years I finally managed to save my nickels and dimes and buy a living quarters trailer and now I have been labeled as part of the 'problem'. I didn't realize that my instinct to win had deteriorates because of it, thanks for letting me in on it, I'll try to work on my attitude...

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

[Bill Diehl]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

it's all the people with the motor homes and trailers You haters are pathetic You keyboard racers keep throwing stones Maybe if you raced you would understand why . Car counts fine where I race

Who says I am a Hater? I am just stating the facts. and yes, I am sitting on the sidelines at the moment. The return on investment is just not there to take the time away from my business at this time

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Bill Diehl

and that's why the sport continues to decline, you only have the folks with disposable, or excess income out there...everybody else is sitting on the sidelines.


now, it the purse was $125,000-$150,000+......


think about it

I'd hate to think anyone, except maybe those as good at it as Dan Fletcher and was doing it for a living, was racing on anything other than disposable income, it would not be very wise.

The vast majority of sportsman racers have always been doing it on disposable income. Those who are not, and are not doing it on someone else's money (sponsored), most likely will not be doing it for long.


And once again, I do not really understand what the cost of anyone's rig has to do with any of this. It certainly does not have any effect on how many cars you can get to race, or how many fans you can put in the stands, if you really want to promote a race and make money. And continue to do so. I can assure you that guys like Michael Beard do not care in the least what people haul their race cars to his races in, so long as they show up and put on a great racing show.

[Gary Smith]

I think there's going to be more shakeouts on this than originally assumed. And I'm willing to bet Dallas Gardner will finally be placed in the crosshairs now that Compton is out of the way. Once he's gone, I think NHRA can turn back to it's former glory (no, I don't mean the 'good ol' days", but back into a sensible racing organization that it was intended to be...not just a money maker).

[cutta]

Depends on what the announcements are and as far as purses, it sounds like there's not enough money to do it. Without seeing the books, we can verify how its spent or the amounts, so without speculating, the assumption is they don't have it. So from a realistic perspective, seeking further sponsorship to increase purses makes sense.

Also seems a little early to get crazy with factory stock. A few questions: Is there enough of a following to support a 16 car field for a 10 race series for them?, who's going to sponsor it? Can every competitor make it to all 10 races? One the riggors of keeping up sets in, will un-competitive cars quit the series? Lots of questions there even though it has significant potential right now.