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

1320racer · 02-16-2019, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

This issue isn't as much about the rules - it's about an organization that is pushing out the Sportsman racers of all categories from National events. None is so blind as he who refuses to see.

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.

MR DERBY CITY · 02-16-2019, 10:51 AM

I feel your pain Bruce...Isn’t life odd, 1320 ED doesn’t think we have a problem....I believe we do....Kinda reminds me of a man trying to build a wall, many think we don’t have a problem...I believe we do....carry on....

Paul Sarvas · 02-16-2019, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Kinda reminds me of a man trying to build a wall, many think we don’t have a problem...I believe we do....carry on....

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

pS

mopacltd · 02-16-2019, 09:42 PM

NO politics, Please!

MR DERBY CITY · 02-16-2019, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Sarvas

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

pS

Or yours.....pS

B Parker · 02-16-2019, 10:27 PM

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B Parker · 02-16-2019, 10:30 PM

Just some thoughts. It would be nice even with the quota's for a National Events anyone with a grade point of six or more could get in as long as they entered during the six grade point time line. Why not also open quota's for one class at each National event. The events that have stock class or super stock class open up to 128. Other events open quota's for the rest of sportsman racing one class at each event. I still think they miss the boat on marketing sportsman classes. Today social media is king in marketing. How much would it cost to have someone market our classes threw social media. As most that know me I started a Burger business 4 years ago in a location that was a Friendly's. They went out of business in this location. In this town of only 24,000 people there is already 2 Wendy's 2 Mc Donald's a Five Guys and a Burger King along with another burger place that has been open for 40 years. Everyone told me I was nuts and the last thing this town needed was another burger place. I marketed the heck out of this place threw every way possible. Last yr we did 1.3 million in sales and this year we project to be close to 1.5 .. My point is if I didn't work as hard as I did to market it I would have been out of business. Why would anyone object to having sportsman classes marketed threw every means possible to see where it could go. Ed I agree the local events like Divisional's are good and the NHRA people that we know and see at these events are great and do a really good job. I also agree with you that everything including sportsman racing and drag racing in general has an expiration date. But why would anyone object to try and do anything we can do to extend the end and make what we already have even greater. BP

Mark Yacavone · 02-16-2019, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Sarvas

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

pS

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 · 02-17-2019, 12:44 AM

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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?

pS

Mark Yacavone · 02-17-2019, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Sarvas

How's things in Birtherstan, Mark?

pS

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

02-16-2019, 10:51 AM	#2
MR DERBY CITY VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Derby City, USA Posts: 3,633 Likes: 1,083 Liked 7,919 Times in 1,515 Posts	Re: If an advocate could be found - what would you say? I feel your pain Bruce...Isn’t life odd, 1320 ED doesn’t think we have a problem....I believe we do....Kinda reminds me of a man trying to build a wall, many think we don’t have a problem...I believe we do....carry on....

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mopacltd Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: yarnell,az Posts: 312 Likes: 410 Liked 124 Times in 44 Posts	Re: If an advocate could be found - what would you say? NO politics, Please!

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02-16-2019, 10:30 PM	#7
B Parker Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 849 Likes: 980 Liked 2,336 Times in 464 Posts	Re: If an advocate could be found - what would you say? Just some thoughts. It would be nice even with the quota's for a National Events anyone with a grade point of six or more could get in as long as they entered during the six grade point time line. Why not also open quota's for one class at each National event. The events that have stock class or super stock class open up to 128. Other events open quota's for the rest of sportsman racing one class at each event. I still think they miss the boat on marketing sportsman classes. Today social media is king in marketing. How much would it cost to have someone market our classes threw social media. As most that know me I started a Burger business 4 years ago in a location that was a Friendly's. They went out of business in this location. In this town of only 24,000 people there is already 2 Wendy's 2 Mc Donald's a Five Guys and a Burger King along with another burger place that has been open for 40 years. Everyone told me I was nuts and the last thing this town needed was another burger place. I marketed the heck out of this place threw every way possible. Last yr we did 1.3 million in sales and this year we project to be close to 1.5 .. My point is if I didn't work as hard as I did to market it I would have been out of business. Why would anyone object to having sportsman classes marketed threw every means possible to see where it could go. Ed I agree the local events like Divisional's are good and the NHRA people that we know and see at these events are great and do a really good job. I also agree with you that everything including sportsman racing and drag racing in general has an expiration date. But why would anyone object to try and do anything we can do to extend the end and make what we already have even greater. BP Last edited by B Parker; 02-17-2019 at 01:30 AM.