Originally Posted by deuces wild (Post 379672)

Here the response I got from Royal Purple

Mr. Carpenter,



Thank you for your email and appreciate your feedback pertaining to the recent NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. We understand there will be individuals who did not like the decision to cancel the sportsman series but this decision was made by NHRA, not Royal Purple or the owners of the track. Due to the event being televised live by ESPN, NHRA determined it was in their best interests to cancel all eliminations for the sportsman racers.



Thank you again for taking the time to reach out to us and our hope is that you will continue to be a Royal Purple fan not only because our products outperform other lubricants in the market, but that you want the best racing oils to help you outperform the competition.



Sincerely,



Randy





Randy Fisher

Marketing Director

Originally Posted by Dan Fletcher (Post 379488)

I particularly enjoy the fact that the NHRA website makes NO, ZERO, NUNCA, mention of the fact that the sportsman program was 100% cancelled. It simply states "event complete".

Act as though it never even happened. No explanation, no justification, no nothing. Even if they didn't say "sorry", I would think it would still qualify as "news" of some sort. An unprecedented situation and its not even remotely acknowledged by the company website. Thats 'effin awesome...

BTW, the K&N Spring Fling is opposite of the Topeka national. The PEAK Super Stock Camaro will be in Bristol...

Originally Posted by Bill Bogues (Post 379680)

It looks to me like division 4 ought to have a class racers association to put on a few races during the year to give people an alternative place to race instead of having to put up with what we went through at Houston. I know we try to run as many Ihra races as we can but it"s just not the same due to not having as many of your friends there racing with you.There is a number of associations in the midwest and northeast; why can't we have something like that down here in division 4. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by Bill Bogues (Post 379680)

It looks to me like division 4 ought to have a class racers association to put on a few races during the year to give people an alternative place to race instead of having to put up with what we went through at Houston. I know we try to run as many Ihra races as we can but it"s just not the same due to not having as many of your friends there racing with you.There is a number of associations in the midwest and northeast; why can't we have something like that down here in division 4. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by Nathan Stinson (Post 379387)

The disgrace in all this is that the sheep will be lined up the next time the gates are opened at a NHRA event, ready to take the same kind of screwing. If you guys want it to change you are gonna have to take a stand and stick together to make a statement, but we all know come the next race, people will be in line two days early so they can park a half mile from the staging lanes for the next 4 days and make a few runs. You cant be a victim if you are a volunteer.