Will you miss the Pros? - Page 4

Michael Beard · 06-01-2007, 02:05 PM

>> When there are no Pros or if there were no Alcohol show at an event who would spectate?

Nobody's going to spectate anything if it's not advertised!

I have in fact seen stands mostly full for Super or Rod categories at a National event before - accomplished by a fast-moving program, and an announcer that educated the fans.

Throttle stops are no harder for fans to understand than handicapped starts. (see announcer)

Index classes are an integral part of the national/div'l event experience. There's no need to mess with their classes. H*ll, growing up, I understood the Index classes before I did Comp! ;-) (Probably because it simply had never been explained to me at the time... see announcer again)

Michael Beard
Staging Light Graphic Design & Printing
Duck Tape/Loctite Racing
H - I - J/CM '80 Volare 360 Magnum

John Warehime · 06-01-2007, 03:36 PM

Joe DeMarzo,..you are correct again. (I recieved no compensation for this endorsment) I will not miss the Pros and all the crap that goes with them (except Pro Stock). Guys like Dave Ley will always come up with some way to race Stock/Superstock. I'm confident that there are enough great minds in sportsman racing that the cream will rise to the top.

signed; John Warehime
President of the Joe DeMarzo Fan Club Inc.
a non-profit organization

Larry Sullivan · 06-01-2007, 03:36 PM

At the HD stockholders' meeting, some of the details were discussed, one ot them being the annual $800,000 annual payment from NHRA to NHRA Pro in ordeer to include Sportsman racers at national events, so nobody is going anywhere, at ;least not for the next 25 years (the agreement has a 25-year life).

- Larry

Jeff Goodman · 06-01-2007, 06:30 PM

We are all drag racers, we may not all have the same budget or equipment and may not all race in the same class - but we are all drag racers...
I personally think that anybody that talks bad about another class is the rear end of a horse.
I am not there for the spectators ? they don?t pay the purse ? I do;
I run Super Street because I love the sport and that is the class I CHOOSE to run.

roadrunnerrunner · 06-01-2007, 08:05 PM

Jeff, would'nt it be nice ]fair] if the FANS paid the purse like most other forms of racing?

Don Whitmore · 06-03-2007, 10:21 AM

Nobody's going to spectate anything if it's not advertised!

I agree with Michael Beard's comment. Maybe it takes more creativity now, but operators could follow Norwalk's lead at the recently completed Div 3 points meet.

Does anyone think the National meets have just gotten too big? If your a sportsman, it takes four to five days to attend a national event!! There's too much jammed in there. If bad weather happens, the sportsmen are the ones who suffer.

If this purchase/merger is handled properly, and NHRA makes the sportsman the focus of their own meets, with other marketing ideas, it has the potential to help sportsman racing. Manufacturers will follow the sportsman because that's where they want to be. Notice the midway's at the national meets, it's all about the sportsman.

I wouldn't really miss the pros. Glidden, Jenkins, Maskins and others are the ones I miss. They're the ones we learned from.

06-01-2007, 02:05 PM	#31
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	>> When there are no Pros or if there were no Alcohol show at an event who would spectate? Nobody's going to spectate anything if it's not advertised! I have in fact seen stands mostly full for Super or Rod categories at a National event before - accomplished by a fast-moving program, and an announcer that educated the fans. Throttle stops are no harder for fans to understand than handicapped starts. (see announcer) Index classes are an integral part of the national/div'l event experience. There's no need to mess with their classes. H*ll, growing up, I understood the Index classes before I did Comp! ;-) (Probably because it simply had never been explained to me at the time... see announcer again) Michael Beard Staging Light Graphic Design & Printing Duck Tape/Loctite Racing H - I - J/CM '80 Volare 360 Magnum __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

06-01-2007, 03:36 PM	#32
John Warehime Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Joe DeMarzo,..you are correct again. (I recieved no compensation for this endorsment) I will not miss the Pros and all the crap that goes with them (except Pro Stock). Guys like Dave Ley will always come up with some way to race Stock/Superstock. I'm confident that there are enough great minds in sportsman racing that the cream will rise to the top. signed; John Warehime President of the Joe DeMarzo Fan Club Inc. a non-profit organization

06-01-2007, 03:36 PM	#33
Larry Sullivan Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 340 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	At the HD stockholders' meeting, some of the details were discussed, one ot them being the annual $800,000 annual payment from NHRA to NHRA Pro in ordeer to include Sportsman racers at national events, so nobody is going anywhere, at ;least not for the next 25 years (the agreement has a 25-year life). - Larry

06-01-2007, 06:30 PM	#34
Jeff Goodman Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We are all drag racers, we may not all have the same budget or equipment and may not all race in the same class - but we are all drag racers... I personally think that anybody that talks bad about another class is the rear end of a horse. I am not there for the spectators ? they don?t pay the purse ? I do; I run Super Street because I love the sport and that is the class I CHOOSE to run.

06-01-2007, 08:05 PM	#35
roadrunnerrunner Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Jeff, would'nt it be nice ]fair] if the FANS paid the purse like most other forms of racing?

06-03-2007, 10:21 AM	#36
Don Whitmore Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 140 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nobody's going to spectate anything if it's not advertised! I agree with Michael Beard's comment. Maybe it takes more creativity now, but operators could follow Norwalk's lead at the recently completed Div 3 points meet. Does anyone think the National meets have just gotten too big? If your a sportsman, it takes four to five days to attend a national event!! There's too much jammed in there. If bad weather happens, the sportsmen are the ones who suffer. If this purchase/merger is handled properly, and NHRA makes the sportsman the focus of their own meets, with other marketing ideas, it has the potential to help sportsman racing. Manufacturers will follow the sportsman because that's where they want to be. Notice the midway's at the national meets, it's all about the sportsman. I wouldn't really miss the pros. Glidden, Jenkins, Maskins and others are the ones I miss. They're the ones we learned from.