If an advocate could be found - what would you say?

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Paul Sarvas

Pity there wasn't a wall when your ancestors came to this country...


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Another one crawls out from under his rock.
This is called CLASS Racer, not the Prius Times..Take a hike, holding hands with your buddy.

[Paul Sarvas]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Another one crawls out from under his rock.
This is called CLASS Racer, not the Prius Times..Take a hike, holding hands with your buddy.

How's things in Birtherstan, Mark?


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[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Paul Sarvas

How's things in Birtherstan, Mark?


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I don't know what that means.. All Greek to me

[Rob Petrie E395]

Originally Posted by Paul Sarvas

Pity there wasn't a wall when your ancestors came to this country...


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Sorry for continuing the side tracking of this thread. But If they would do it the right way. There would be no need for a wall. And it seems to me that's all anybody really wants. Some did like this guy.

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

opinion, assumption at best, a lie at worst. But again, NHRA National events were never about sportsman racers nor are they what puts spectators in the stands.

You are so far out in left field, it is hilarious. Run over to Amazon and buy a few books on the history of drag racing before making a bigger fool of yourself than you already have.

[1320racer]

Yea Lee Valentine is out in that field with me. He too doesn't think there is a problem with NHRA Sportsman Racing and he's been doing this 55 years! But does agree stock eliminator racers have "always been crying about factors and rules,costs quotas etc."

Nuff said.

[Rusty Gillis]

At one time there were people in the stands when Super Stock was on the track.

[Lee Valentine]

Bruce it's been inevitable that sportsman racers are going to be pushed out of national events with the size of rigs and the amount of crap NHRA tries to pack in. The worry is if they eliminate us altogether or have stand alone sportsman races. We don't have enough young racers coming in to stock and super stock to support the eliminator much longer.

[Carguy49]

The world is changing, and so is everything in it. NHRA racing is not what it started out to be. It is more about the BIG show and what can be done to entertain the new crowds. As Lee mentioned a big part of the problem is space for rigs at each event. Not only the Pros and their multi rig teams (John Force and his 8 semis, as example), but the bigger and nicer rigs that many of the sportsman racers use.

If you want to see what real change is, just have a loved one die from cancer. As you all know I lost my wife last April and life is NOT the same, nor will it be for many years to come. The emotional, mental and financial strain has been and will be enormous. Yes, I am still trying to pick up the pieces.

I hope all involved in the sport can accomplish their goals. Let's all take life for what it is worth. The most important part of racing is the friends that we make along the way (yes winning is very cool, also) and I have made some great friends over the 49 years I have been going to drag strip around the northwest.

May GOD bless each and everyone one of you in your racing programs.

[Pistol Pete]

Well said Ron.
God Bless.