Counterfeit contingency decals....

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by jamie2370

I find it to be a REALLY stupid decision by NHRA. I see alot of cars with Lucas Oil decals that pay contingency, but how many of those people actually have Lucas Oil in their car? I think it would be fair to say that 80% of winners claim contingency for a product that may not be on their car at the time of claim. If they want to crack down on things like this that's fine, but DON'T pick and chose who!! OK.. rant over

Lucas, like some others, require you to “buy in” to qualify each year as do some others. I don’t think they care if you drink it as long as you bought enough product each year. Many contingent items are like that. I think it gets tricky when they pay and don’t require proof of purchase. This used to be crazy when more contingency was paid out.

I wish NHRA put as much thought into expanding advertising opportunities with companies to enhance the contingency program as they do looking for ways to not pay. They don’t understand racers or businesses. There is a lot of opportunity to improve the program.
NHRA only wants big big players and then they suck the value out of it for them and they leave.