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I read this that Clifford said about the Sportsman ranks:
"We look at this sport as a pyramid with the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competition at the top, and the sportsman racing is the base," said Clifford. “We need to continue to grow the base. A pyramid cannot grow unless the base does. It's important that we reiterate in our words and actions how important the sportsman racer is to us." Clifford said there is a concerted effort underway to weld Initiative No. 1 and No. 2 together, with the goal of having the sportsman show as appealing as the professional presentation. Do we not believe him Billy? .
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Why of course I believe him Jim!
Could you hang on for just a minute? The President is at the door asking me my opinion on health care, I'm on the phone with somebody in Zimbabwe who claims to be my long-lost twin brother and if I'll send him air fare he'll be able to re-unite with me and my winged horse just got loose!
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Do you not believe me, Cooter?
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You had me till the part about a winged horse!
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Probably why I haven't gotten my membership yet, check was cashed in October. I'm sure that he has taken upon himself to rectify this situation for me as quickly as possibly though. Now THAT'S sarcasm too! By the way, same problem at Vegas too.
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Billy, the guy from Zimbabwe is a scam, don't believe him. He has relatives in Nigeria who are wealthy, none in the US.
Ron Ortiz U/SA why didn't you go with him
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His first comment after the nice to meet all of us was to ask us if there were any issues we would like to bring up. I spoke up quickly and asked how much time he had. He quickly changed the subject to how important the sportsman racers are then into just wait and see there are changes coming to support us. He hinted about the changes to the license programs and how that would cut our costs to race at NHRA events. I have not yet seen any cost cuts on my part as I get a physical every year anyway due to my age. So NHRA just not requiring one for my license did not change anything for me. Then the cost of running a National did increase so no savings there. The only savings is the cost of diesel and I don't think NHRA had much to do with that cost. So far I have not seen any real changes to benefit the Sportsman racers. I keep hoping but hoping in one hand and you know the rest. My 2 Cents Rick Cates Last edited by 63corvette; 01-29-2016 at 06:45 PM. |
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Billy , somebody said he was at the lebanon race in 2014 looking round ? I didn't see him in the pits . And I didn't see him at the hotel I was at ...lol....
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While I did not get a chance to meet Mr. Clifford at PRI, I did speak with a couple of NHRA officials. "Oh yeah, we got your e-mail. You made a lot of good points."
.... and? Nothing. That's it. At least they acknowledged receipt this time. I thought the interview was pretty telling when Clifford said he'd had ideas to improve NHRA for 18 years. And they're just NOW seeing light of day? That's life within a corporate behemoth. I heard much the same from another NHRA official. People within the organization that could actually make a difference have their hands tied.
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