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Old 02-28-2021, 10:03 AM   #11
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The NHRA is one of the few organizations that will make you look back on this version and say that was much better than their new version. I can’t say I have ever seen an organization that can so consistently take a poorly functioning system and find a way to make it worse.
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Old 02-28-2021, 10:16 AM   #12
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Take CASh at the gate. WTF is so hard.
I buy grocery. Gas. Clothes..... with US tender CASH
You ain’t getting COVID by taking my #&$%+ CASH
But it does save the penny pinching NHRA $$$
And they keep your entry if you don’t make the race
Sort of like contingency $$$$$. Cash cow.
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Old 02-28-2021, 12:00 PM   #13
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I was in the IT business for 25 years, mostly as a programmer analyst. There are good and bad software outfits out there, and you get what you pay for. I'm sure NHRA is on the cheap as usual.
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Old 02-28-2021, 01:00 PM   #14
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There is no question ,NHRA must ALWAYS go with the cheapest vender when it comes to website programs and management .
Time and again they experience rollout problems and crash/overload issues.
The time limits on completion and the utter nonsense of the redundancy of some information is ridiculous.
There is absolutely no reason that the National event tech card information that nearly all of us have on file and other data stored on the NHRA server can't be easily transferred to the Divisional race entries ,add your payment info an be finished in minuets .
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Old 02-28-2021, 03:09 PM   #15
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I actually prefer the way it I now. Filling out the tech card ahead of time is better and faster. I also like paying online and not having to carry as much cash with me when I travel. We have been doing it this way for the National events for many years. I see no downside.
the last 3 division races we have went to, I have had to redo it all at the track....... So no I'm not s fan of it....
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Old 02-28-2021, 06:03 PM   #16
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There is no question ,NHRA must ALWAYS go with the cheapest vender when it comes to website programs and management .
Time and again they experience rollout problems and crash/overload issues.
The time limits on completion and the utter nonsense of the redundancy of some information is ridiculous.
There is absolutely no reason that the National event tech card information that nearly all of us have on file and other data stored on the NHRA server can't be easily transferred to the Divisional race entries ,add your payment info an be finished in minuets .
We’ve been writing the same information on the top and bottom halves of the NHRA tech cars forever.

A system with no redundancy just wouldn’t feel right.
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Old 02-28-2021, 11:59 PM   #17
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There is no question ,NHRA must ALWAYS go with the cheapest vender when it comes to website programs and management .
Time and again they experience rollout problems and crash/overload issues.
The time limits on completion and the utter nonsense of the redundancy of some information is ridiculous.
There is absolutely no reason that the National event tech card information that nearly all of us have on file and other data stored on the NHRA server can't be easily transferred to the Divisional race entries ,add your payment info an be finished in minuets .
Not always the cheapest is the problem. 2 Stories, I worked for a large national distribution company in 1987, they had a simple computer inventory system with no sales system in it. They brought in a large software company to upgrade the national system to integrate sales. After spending millions, they scraped the new system. The company they brought in was IBM. Website setup years later for my company, a college professor who taught website design, set our site up without a easy way to change prices, They said, "you change prices yearly?"

Kind of surprised NHRA does not use a company like MICRO STRATEGIES ????? That is right, he only supports nhra drag racing

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I would have to fill out a tech card every time if I paid at the gate. I find it easier sitting at my desk at my own leisure. I surely don't mind paying an extra 2.50 to be safer from this crazy covid. I haven't had to wait in any lines at the races. The tech guys come around while my car is sitting in my pit space and check the safety equipment without anyone around them and the car doesn't have to move. No complaints with the system here..

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Old 03-01-2021, 06:45 AM   #19
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We will enter the Fla. race today and keep track of time to do so on the road.
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Old 03-01-2021, 03:38 PM   #20
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Johnny - So I waited till today to enter the Baby Gators and it should have taken 10 minutes because I type slow - shame on me - I was at it over an hour - nothing seemed to go right as I put it in .They've got to come up with a better way ..........
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