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A prayer before eliminations, as it should be; The Pledge of allegiance, spot on; no National Anthem offended everyone who has served or a family whose loved ones made the ultimate sacrifice so you could be politically correct. Political correctness is being the best American you can be. Doing that kind of stuff is embarrassing to all of us. And you hide in the not for profit tax structure. If you are not happy living here go somewhere else and if you want to complain please don't do it with your mouth full.
One last question, who was NHRA trying to appease and why? |
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Don’t know if it was a NHRA or D -5 call....Attention NHRA, please DO NOT follow NASCARS lead,.....It will NOT work out well for you...
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Its hard for me to believe in todays world with all the men and women that are giving their
life to serve our country that we have people and companies that don't support them by playing the Anthem and Standing for the it and the flag its not the AMERICA I grew up in. God Bless all the men and women and their families that have served and the ones that are serving now ! Jerry Retired 3490 3492 STK SS SST |
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Really hard to understand what is happening to our great country.
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Hope it was the result of a malfunctioning recording or a failed piece of equipment necessitating the Pledge of Allegiance in it's place. Will be following this.
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I know Rob Parks, and he would never make this call, had to be a malfunction or a call from the front office.
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Our country isn’t perfect, but still the best country in the world! I have always been proud to hear the National Anthem of the United States of America. I feel as though the thugs of this country are controlling us, and we are letting it happen. Race, or ethnicity has nothing to do with it. I am a proud supporter of Donald Trump, as I am a registered republican, but nothing makes me any more mad than people bashing him. I NEVER once bashed any president of any party. I want ALL of them to succeed and lead us in a way we can be proud of. With that said, that doesn’t mean we have to agree with everything they stand for. I wish we had a Love It or Leave it mentality, our country has become too soft. We need to remember...United We Stand, Divided We Fall! Just my 2 cents.
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Well said Larry and Kevin. I love this country and hate seeing a small group of people trying to take control. We need to stop being silent and show the rest of the country how proud we are to live in the greatest country in the world.
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The old saying "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" comes to mind as a small extremely vocal minority is squeaking loudly. It is time for the great silent majority to be heard. Most people could learn from drag racers as a whole as you won't find a group of people that respect and look out for each other any better than the drag racing family no matter what their race, background, or economic situation.
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Someone from the N.H.R.A., D5 or Topeka owes everyone a response to this thread.
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I would think the division director would have the answer. Did anyone ask him at the race about this. The last 2 D2 races I went to the anthem was played loud and proud. Even NASCAR is still playing the national anthem at their races.
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My father was at Topeka, years ago. His stay in the VA hospital was quite long, over a year. I would ask him about his service and recovery, his response was always the same; "I have done and seen some awful things that I don't want to talk about. Please don't ask!" He never complained or felt sorry for himself, he just made lemonade.
I know that I'm not alone that a member of the family was crippled from the war. That's why I feel like I do about the National Anthem. |
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Just read on FB from an informed source that the decision was made to do the Pledge in lieu of the Anthem given the current "climate". Certainly don't agree with that mindset, but that was the reasoning behind the decision.
Holding a drag race at Heartland Park in Topeka frigging Kansas and we're afraid the National Anthem would be potentially offensive or problematic. There is officially no hope... |
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I was glad when we said the pledge thinking it was being added and the National Anthem would be next. Really disappointed when it was not played. About the only negative to a well run race other than my two first round losses. Mike McMahan 25 H/SA
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Maybe we need to hold up their little race while WE THE PEOPLE sing the National Anthem on the starting line!!!
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WE THE PEOPLE..........
GOD BLESS AMERICA ONE NATION UNDER GOD Need I say more. |
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Didn't take long for many to go from just being grateful to go racing again to complaining about not hearing a song.
The reasoning behind not playing it is dumb, but I've never understood what the national anthem has to do with sports anyway. |
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The National Anthem was played at the Sonoma LODRS for both events. I was walking down to the lanes when it started playing and stopped walking. I looked all around the pits and racers everywhere had stopped what they were doing, took off their hats and honored our flag. It was a beautiful sight to see.
Shame on you, Topeka! |
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Are we overlooking the words "with liberty and justice for all"?
Oh, and have a nice day. Chuck Gallagher 354th TFS USAF 1963-1967 |
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The 'climate' is wrong, misguided, destructive, against everything good and decent about America and being financed and run by enemies intent on destroying the country. Why would you participate and give legitimacy to that?
I avoid doing business with companies who support this $#!& as much as possible. NHRA is not exempt, as hard as that decision may be. I hope this was a one time "mistake". Simple fix - don't pull out of the lanes until the Anthem is played during opening ceremonies. They going to send everyone home in order to kiss the asses of a bunch of looters and pillagers? Track owners going to stand for this? Again, I hope this was caused by extenuating circumstances and everyone got their panties twisted up over nothing. |
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Playing the Pledge of Allegiance before the racing begins, whether its a TNT, weekend bracket format, divisional or national event is what separates us, drag racers, from the rest of the spinless units out there that live in this country for whatever reason. There is no better sound than to hear "Our Pledge", followed by the starting of engines. Waiting for someone from corporate california or the divisional directors to make a decision, usually late and half-assed,well... it is our responsibility to ask at the gate or someone in the tower to NOT TO FORGET "THE PLEDGE" !
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I love a good rendition of the anthem; if there's a game on TV I've seen my kids stop what they are doing, stand up and put their hands on their hearts. I know my statement will be taken as lack of respect for the anthem and what it stands for, but that isn't it. I just don't see the connection to sporting events. |
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First, let me say it is great to see the passion coming through in this debate and peoples feelings on something that has become so routine in public sporting events.
The decision over the pledge and/or anthem was among people in the tower. I was prepared either way to play or not play the anthem. The cue for saying the pledge comes from the example set at the Chili Bowl which also says the pledge in lieu of playing of the anthem. To hear thousands of people engaged and actively participating in the opening act of the event can be very powerful - especially if they believe in the words they are reciting. Not playing the anthem was not in any way intended to be disrespectful to anyone in attendance or watching on the feed, and not an effort to be "politically correct". It was also not a directive from Glendora. It was simply to get people to engage and participate. In person, the majority of people that expressed an opinion to the staff in the tower were good with it, although some wanted to understand the logic behind it. I am sure this will be discussed moving forward and may or may not happen again. But again, there was no disrespect intended at all by anyone involved. |
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I took this from a post that Bob Unkefer has going on Facebook. He made this post personally:
"Short version, technical difficulties in the tower (my bad) and drivers already strapped into Alky dragsters on a 100 degree day. The pledge has been said before to Honor our Country and reciting the Pledge TOGETHER pays the honor to our country that it is due. Like I said, not a HMP or NHRA decision, trying to pay Honor and keep the race moving along." |
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This OFFENDS the hell out of me...I am with JULIE, SHAME on you D5 and NHRA for allowing this to happen ??? We are racing at a DRAGSTRIP, just who would be OFFENDED by playing our glorious anthem.
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I just talked to Rob Park and he said it was technical difficulties in the tower, he really made it clear it was not a political decision by anyone or organization to disrespect our Nation. He seems to be very Red White and Blue.
Thanks Rob in letting us non facebook races know what happened. |
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Appreciate your point Tony but having seen the sacrifice of many first hand, having zipped up plenty of body bags, having gone to most of the war memorials in DC, having watched the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier I am just thankful for any venue that plays the National Anthem. Adding the Pledge of Allegiance is altogether fitting as well, if you stand there and utter those words in my mind you’re professing you have skin in the game. Think if I attended church and we didn’t say the Apostles Creed I would have lost the opportunity to reaffirm what I believe. Same for the National Anthem, I want to hear it again over and over. I harbor no animosity toward those who take a knee or whatever, at least they show some sort of conviction. To those who leave their hats on and horse around or retreat to the locker room I’m repulsed by their cowardice. I freely admit that our country has plenty of flaws but even those that kneel are still in the game to help make us better. As for me and mine, we will stand and we will pledge and we honor those who have gone before us. If someone hides or avoids the simple courtesy of honoring them then they should have the courage to admit it and seek somewhere else to live.
Just saw your post Larry, and from everything I’ve heard Rob is a stand up guy but in the future he’d be better served to request anybody to come up and sing it even if no music is available. Rosanne Barr is the only person I’ve ever heard butcher it and there are plenty of seven year kids that can stand up there and do it justice. |
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"First, let me say it is great to see the passion coming through in this debate and peoples feelings on something that has become so routine in public sporting events. The decision over the pledge and/or anthem was among people in the tower. I was prepared either way to play or not play the anthem. The cue for saying the pledge comes from the example set at the Chili Bowl which also says the pledge in lieu of playing of the anthem. To hear thousands of people engaged and actively participating in the opening act of the event can be very powerful - especially if they believe in the words they are reciting. Not playing the anthem was not in any way intended to be disrespectful to anyone in attendance or watching on the feed, and not an effort to be "politically correct". It was also not a directive from Glendora. It was simply to get people to engage and participate. In person, the majority of people that expressed an opinion to the staff in the tower were good with it, although some wanted to understand the logic behind it. I am sure this will be discussed moving forward and may or may not happen again. But again, there was no disrespect intended at all by anyone involved." |
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Now, he and I and others have discussed the pledge as part of opening ceremonies on more than one occasion. Doing it was not a surprise to me. I don't have any issue with what he did and take responsibility for the technical problem which caused the scramble. |
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I would just add that obviously we are all hyper-sensitive to this issue. Our country is more divided today than during the Vietnam war and I look for anything that would serve to unite us. I would never fault Warren or Unk for a decision made on the fly. The efforts of Warren and his entire staff and sponsors are appreciated more than I can even express. I only vaguely know what the ‘chili bowl’ even is but assuming it’s a like minded bunch of racing enthusiasts I’d suspect that the first time the Pledge of Allegiance was played in lieu of the National Anthem there was some “splaining” that took place afterwards. Thanks to Warren and others for the explanation of what transpired. I’m sticking a fork in it. |
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