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Originally Posted by Casey Miles
That's a real shame for the regularary hour wage earner that works for NHRA and shame on the NHRA's upper management. NHRA's management doesn't seem to get it, you need as many cars as posibble now to fill the count so that there is more money rolling in, instead they raise the entry fee and increase pitpasses for the crew members. If you do the math, the car count in stock eliminator alone is down 30% from last year at Bradenton. If you figure that the car count would be close to last years, they would have 17 more cars @ $140 = $2380.00 more income.
I personally could easilly afford to pack up and go to Bradenton, but I drew a line in the sand and will not cross it at this point. I can't see an entry fee of $160.00 to race for $1000.00. It goes against my grain and I will sit it out until NHRA sees the light. I will just take my business to races that are willing to some what thank the racers for showing up at their gate.
54 @ 140 = 7560 would be smart to lower entry
37 @ 160 = 5630 Dumb Asses! Up the entry
Casey Miles
248H E/S F the 4 hp
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Casey,
I couldn't agree with you more, because as I (in a thread highlighted by Pat Joffrion) read that Div. 4's entry fees were reduced $5.00 to either $140.00 or $145.00 (Pat help me out on this will ya...), and later find out that in Div. 5 their entry fees are staying at last years amount (of $155.00?, and possibly $80.00 for their National Open races), I check out Div. 7's entry fees to see that we're going to have to pay $165.00 for both our divisionals, and National Opens??? Now granted that was also last years amount out here, but the year before it was $155.00, and if I'm not mistaken our national opens were not the equal (entry fee wise) of our divisionals!!! With the economy in the shape it is, and the lower car counts that our Fallon, Nv. divisional event enjoyed (amongst others) last year, one would hope that we racers would get a break as well??? I would rather see the cuts come from our entry fees, than their pay as well....As one well known ex-President once said "I feel your pain"!!!