US, the guys and gals who race, will get the dumping. We were not left out by accident.

Wally says........NHRA can now focus on the 'sportsman'............??????????

He who dies last, must pay the bills....
Is that a 'Hemi'?

Wake up guys we all ought to be thanking NHRA not slamming them !! With gas prices that will be well over $4.00 a gallon nationwide by summer's end it cost's way too much to race anyway and with the new group eliminating Sportsman racing at National events in 2008 what better time to sell or park the race car & take up golfing or somthing?? Come on let's face it we are all too old to continue doing this anyway.

Does this mean that we need to start looking for our Sunday fix of NHRA televised finals on DIRECT TV PAY FOR VIEW??? kIND OF LOOKS LIKE WHAT WAS BANTERED ABOUT WHEN CLEAR CHANNEL BECAME INVOLVED IN THE OTHER SANCTION.???

MYRONARL1119

Wonder which one wound up with the oil down fine rights!

A hundred Mill. for a non-profit, Yeah-OK,must be big race fans!


Old Vulcan saying,the needs of the wife outweight the needs of the husband.

Jimmy Hyink

ed obrien.... your right, came with the all the other screwings ive gotten from them in 30 years !!!!!

local tracks should hire the good techmen ASAP and begin developing stock / ss series for 2008 NOW so we know were we will race next season !!!

i smell opportunity for some savy track owners... Dallas... BOWLING GREEN you listening ?????????

jack mccarthy

After reading everything available on the deal, I beleive the split, and make no mistake about it, this is a split of NHRA, devides Pro racing and Sportsman racing so that Compton and his cronies in the ivory tower will be able to make the kind of salaries only legally available in the "for profit" business world. Read between the lines and see Sportsman racers will continue to shoulder the burden of the finacial responsibilities but with a much greater burden on fewer racers. In short, tighten your belts guys! Don't expect entry fees to go down or payouts to go up. If anything it will go the other way. The new NHRA Pro Racing (for profit) has got to pay for the soon to be ungodly pay ranges for its ivory tower boys. Who gets the 100 million bucks in cash? Do you really beleive it would be the Sportsman side?

Jim Wahl
6 Time National record Holder
2239 BF/S
I miss Buster Couch also! 'cause Div.2 will always be "Buster's Rebels"

Lord sakes, so much gloom and doom. Wait and see what they do, if we dont like it band together and start another Asso. If they really dont care about us sportsman racers then that would be a good time to split from them. Many tracks will be looking for extra $$ after they get hosed by the pro show. Dont park your cars yet.

bp133 Bob Pagano

Wally's letter says it all... Sportsman and Pro Racing will be separate in the future, its all just a matter of when now. For all we know the sportsman program on the NHRA side could get better if the right people are put in charge.

I'm all for it as long as they keep the fun alive, thats what its all about.


Lee Norton
Performance Punch Embroidery Digitizing
Slowtime Motorsports
I/PS '02 Firebird 231 V6