I don't think we're

[Michael Beard]

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.

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

People that use terms like "grow", "initiative" and "team" generally wear shiney shoes. "Gear Heads" don't, 2 completely different worlds. MB.

[Dragsinger]

Maurice,

we have a horseshoe pitching league in Kilgore. One of the teams is named "Shinny Shoes"

[Frank Castros]

Clifford's primary objective is to grow the brand and let's face it, it starts with the Professional categories. The NHRA is a mess and he clearly understands the issues. In business it starts at the top and trickles down to enhance the entire program.

He's correct about appealing to younger people, the Millennials and Generation X, many of us are Baby Boomers.

I hope a healthier NHRA translates into better opportunities for and respect of the sportsman racer.

I believe he will be measurably better than Tom Compton.

[Mark Yacavone]

Here is Billy's post from the other thread. I was thinking about posting something about it myself.If Dwight has the original copy, that's fine with me.
If anyone is interested, we can explain it further.
If not ,we can forget all about too. Apparently NHRA already has.

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ya know, I should probably make myself perfectly clear here. I personally believe that what NHRA did with the 302 FFFords, whether it was a mistake or not, was good for Stock Eliminator and the Sport. It brought a significant number of cars(and in some cases Racers) that wouldn't have been built into the game.
I have another thread on here somewhere bringing up Mr. Clifford and what, if anything, he is going to do with the Sportsmen. A few months ago, Dwight Southerland, Mark Yacavone and I sent a letter to the NHRA about De-factoring an awful lot of the 70s and 80s cars that were just arbitrarily given unrealistic factors at the time that they were put in the guide. Kinda like the 302 FFFords. As far as I know, we've not received any kind of a response to it. But if a half-a-dozen 302s were built, wouldn't it be safe to say that some kind of equal response could be expected from other combos?
Seeing as Dwight wrote the letter, I'll leave it up to him as to whether he wants to post it but if Mr. Clifford is looking for a way to involve more young people in the sport, I think that this could be the best "entry level" way to go.
I also realize that this probably doesn't belong in this thread but my finger is too tired to start a new thread now.

[Adger Smith]

To quote Frank "I believe he will be measurably better than Tom Compton"
So, is he taller?
I like numbers.
All this reminds me of a song that covers the numbers we will probably get out of all this.

[Frank Castros]

Be patient, if things don't change for the better, then;



He will be held accountable on this forum, that's for sure!

[jmcarter]

Frank, 'accountability', really? Don't recall accountability being in vogue in the past few years, within the higher ranks of any bureaucracy of course.