Nhra. Has a opportunity to promote Sportsman Racing
 

This would be a good weekend to promote sportsman racing.
Show what else is available in drag racing
First class cars and friendly drivers and owners.
Cars regular people can relate too
Nhra has already paid for TV time why not use the time to show the sportsman
They are the only game in town. But they won’t

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that would be great to see sportsman on tv! ,we will see if they even air the event, ,,, you might see last years gators ,gmonde

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LIKE
Setting National Records on TV..!
Two cars trying to take a National Record.
Heads up Racing for Class..

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You can't set records in Stk or SS at a National event...gsa612

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I've been liking James' posts way too much lately. I'm going take my temperature right now, I believe I've fallen ill.
Love you Bro. LOL!

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Too bad...
Good opportunity to showcase.

I even agree with James Perrone'

D

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Really - do you think COVID 19 is more important than drag racing.

Come on guys - it is getting real - the government did not need to shut us down.

Panic and ignorance is taking doing it -- this Chinese germ warfare attack on our economy - is working.

We are spinning off our collective axis - out of control and falling into the sun - needless or not - people stop -- take a deep breath turn around twice and face forward one more time.

Drag racing is only the center of the universe for us here not most of the world population.


Ron

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Has anyone on the planet have a grip on this? NO, it's beyond the scope of all of us.

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It seems to me there are more cases every day. No one knows when it will level off.
Florida has a rather large retiree population. I'd bet many of them are still drag racing fans. I'd go along with the gov. of Fla. on this one.
Nevada has 4 cases, so far..We'll see in a few weeks.

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FYI ... If you are trying to follow the sportsman classes in Gainesville, Rick Green is there reporting onsite for Drag Race Central.

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Well, Ron, I agree with you about one thing, it IS DEFINITELY GETTING REAL!


But yes, let's put 10's of thousands of people in close proximity to one another, with the very real possibility that one (or more) of them is carrying the COVID-19 virus and hope no one else gets sick. Obviously, someone above our pay-grade made the decision that the public's health was more important, and the event was postponed. Since I assume you're a "senior", just like a lot of us here, you are part of the "high-risk" demographic they're trying to protect. We may never know how successful the postponement eventually turns out to be, but at the very least we'll know no one got infected there.


Just one old man's opinion!

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Well they bought the TV air time they could promote the sportsmen classes witch field the most largeist car counts and is the grass roots of there business / sport . Let's just sit back and see the leadership skills in action . Or will they panic and try to get a TV money refunded . Back in the day nhra member had a vote / say in what happened I was told .

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Let Bruno do the show.

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Never happen

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How about D3tv???? I would love to watch it here in boring Ohio

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Please look up the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1919.
Our troops carried it back home to the US.
400000 people died which was more than our losses in WW1.
It was world wide pandemic and millions died.

Since then counties have collaborated to mitigate horrible epidemics.
When the Coronavirus first broke out there was lag of wonderment what was happening.
China lagged behind and then implemented very draconian quarantines.
Most counties did their due diligence to contain the virus.
Some with strict quarantining as well.

The US got due warning, instead lagged behind and dismissed the seriousness other counties were experiencing.
The known death rate is three times that of known Influenza and other pandemic illnesses.
It is expected to go higher.
Plus there is no antidote developed and that is a year away.

After three-four months warning we are only doing targeted quarantines.
Companies are sending employees home, public events and schools are being cancelled.
Our blissful days are going to be interrupted to save lives.

Unengaged Media and Central direction is fortunately being picked up and Lead up by others.
All the US and International organizations who are experienced in this problem are coming together developing plans.
Recommendations are being listened to in Hearings despite the pushback.
Horribly the Agency designed to deal with pandemics was shut down in 2018.

D

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Get a grip Dan, the world is not ending. Lets not get political here or Ken's going to rip us all. In early of 2009 to mid 2010 H1N1 killed 12,500 Americans. That administration waited nearly 7 months to call it a national emergency in the United States. Lets all be calm and not panic. 102 U.S. auto accident deaths every day just to put it in perspective.

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To get a little bit back to the original topic I think NHRA is promoting Sportsman racing more than in the past.

A couple of examples would be the "Attention in the Pit's" Youtube shows and a Sportsman results email I saw recently.

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Difference was CDC was already dealing with H1N1.
We knew what it was and had an antidote and got to the public.
Matter was distribution and public awareness to get people vaccinated.
Hence the outcome.

An agency was added by previous administration to be more responsive to pandemics.
I was was shut down in 2018.
There is no antidote for this new strain.
This new strain is not H1N1...

None of what I said political, Just stated facts.
Including a campaign to discredit the facts.

You are correct the world is not ending today.
Maybe for someone else!

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That is not correct. The Agency you are speaking of was "absorbed" into HHS.
There is no need for a separate govt. run agency for everything. It's not financially responsible and it's not efficient. Quit with the political innuendos.

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If you don't want to get political -- and I agree with that -- stick to the facts.

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...health-emerge/

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jwamuel, and if you read that politifact it says exactly what I posted. I suggest you read it fully and other than it took 6 months and not 7 for him to call it, I may have been off a few days. Now lets get back to race talk.

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Politifact is owned by the Poynter Institute, a non-profit journalism school in Tampa,Fla. and was started by the Tampa Tribune. Just more of the fake media.

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It is not just the corona virus -- it is COVID 19 - all human viruses have a generic title of corona virus - check the back of any disinfectant in you kitchen - like Lysol you will find words like effective in fighting the spread of a corona virus.

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This is typical of how these so-called fact checkers operate.
The F/B poster left out a word (national), so they declare the whole post to be FALSE.

In my way of thinking , the point for comparing this to the swine flu, is that I don't remember major events being cancelled 10 years ago, the panic buying of TP, the non-stop media attention, as in this case. Anybody else remember anything like this?
Why all the media panic stirring this time? I'll let you be the judge.

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So perhaps we need to be like the wino in the alley downtown who drinks Lysol.

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Mr. Fahey, this is not a political thread, and shouldn't be.

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This is NOT the Swine Flu..(Oh look the squirrel)
There are Vaccines to help mitigate it.
One of the reasons Flu shots are free.

There is NO Antidote - NO Vaccine for CV19
None will be forth coming for about a year.
The WHO and CDC are finally getting traction.

Feel free to listen to Denial Media.

Fact are facts, easy to peer review.
EVERY Government in the world is involved.

And because of that is must be political.

D

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I can see the "Enhancement" Letter now all participants will be screened for viruses upon entering the tracks for the remainder of the racing season all temperatures will be taken via rectal thermometer this "Enhancement" fee of only $250.00 will be added to your entry fee. Thank You and Keep Smiling :)

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It mustn't be ..here on C/R


Cut the crap, Dan

Save it for your tiny groupie group on F/B

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All the Sportsman classes were run and completed today.So much for TV exposure!...gsa612

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NHRA did not even have the courtesy to turn on the cameras today for NHRA TV and to "promote" the sportsman.

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NHRA TV had the entire sportsman eliminations on today. I watched and listened to most of it on my phone.

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Oh well, missed it. I thought they were going to run it off Sat... gsa612

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Thank you Mike. Perhaps it was just me not being able to get video. My screen was blank with only audio. Probably my fault or hit the wrong button.

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I downloaded the NHRA.TV app on my phone and the days racing was free. The camera angles weren’t real good but better than nothing. Might be better on a larger screen. They did have a few times that the feed was lost and a had a gap in the coverage. Other than that it was nice and clear.