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Ken Miele · 04-10-2009, 09:36 PM

Alan, you may not hate NHRA, but there are many that do. This forum is full of unhappy racers. Unhappy the way they are treated by NHRA. Contempt for Tom Compton and his salary. NHRA finances are not my concern. I worry about my own finances. Anybody that goes into debt so then can race with NHRA is a fool. If they raise there fee's, then I have to assume they have good cause to do so. My god, if you can not afford on avarage of $200.00 more a year, should you really be racing?

Some say that's not the point, what is the point? Do you think drag racing should be a right? You pay money for a service, you don't get the service you want. Why would anyone pay for that service again? I am still at a lose why some racers would continue supporting something that has not changed for over 20 years. I knew what I was getting into when I started my membership. And even if I didn't, after few seasons I would have quit if I felt NHRA was not living up to what I thought a sanctioning body should be.

Do you really think that you or anyone else has had major impact on NHRA and there policy towards the sportsman racer? In all the years that I have been racing with NHRA, I have not seen them doing anything different they have done today.

If NHRA fees are to high and they are not looking out for our best intrest, then logically the membership will drop along with its participants. I guess time will tell, but I don't see that happening. If it does, then you can tell me I told you so.

As for me, I'm going NHRA racing. I enjoy it, knowing its not perfect, but in this world nothing is. I will take the best parts of it and not worry about the things I can not control. You go on, fight for what you think is right, I whish you well. Life is to short for me not to find good in the sport I love.

04-10-2009, 09:36 PM	#11
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,862 Likes: 461 Liked 16,563 Times in 1,523 Posts	Re: Send Letters to NHRA Alan, you may not hate NHRA, but there are many that do. This forum is full of unhappy racers. Unhappy the way they are treated by NHRA. Contempt for Tom Compton and his salary. NHRA finances are not my concern. I worry about my own finances. Anybody that goes into debt so then can race with NHRA is a fool. If they raise there fee's, then I have to assume they have good cause to do so. My god, if you can not afford on avarage of $200.00 more a year, should you really be racing? Some say that's not the point, what is the point? Do you think drag racing should be a right? You pay money for a service, you don't get the service you want. Why would anyone pay for that service again? I am still at a lose why some racers would continue supporting something that has not changed for over 20 years. I knew what I was getting into when I started my membership. And even if I didn't, after few seasons I would have quit if I felt NHRA was not living up to what I thought a sanctioning body should be. Do you really think that you or anyone else has had major impact on NHRA and there policy towards the sportsman racer? In all the years that I have been racing with NHRA, I have not seen them doing anything different they have done today. If NHRA fees are to high and they are not looking out for our best intrest, then logically the membership will drop along with its participants. I guess time will tell, but I don't see that happening. If it does, then you can tell me I told you so. As for me, I'm going NHRA racing. I enjoy it, knowing its not perfect, but in this world nothing is. I will take the best parts of it and not worry about the things I can not control. You go on, fight for what you think is right, I whish you well. Life is to short for me not to find good in the sport I love.