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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
Guess I missed something. When & where did they say they were doing away with class racing?
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Talk, rumors, buzz etc. Nothing was mentioned of official notice. Forget about NHRA ever admitting to such a move. Remember what happended to Modified in 1981 -
http://www.competitionplus.com/index...1490&Itemid=24
And Pro Stock Truck 2001 -
http://www.competitionplus.com/2004_...ock_truck.html
Do you honestly think NHRA is going to give everyone a heads up if they do? And do they own every dragstrip in this country?
If the suits were honestly worried about filling empty slots do you think they'd think twice about how they schedule sportsman classes? Have you ever sat in on a corporate board meeting and hear how executives talk about customers? "Don't worry, most will buy, some will bitch, and a few will actually make formal complaints...we can deal with them". Does that sound like they honestly care? They only care about making money.
As long as there are complacent racers willing to pay outrageous admission and withstand the inconveniences during major events it's a no brainer NHRA's not going to provide any sort of warning or admission of "writing on the wall". They'll milk it for all it's worth until their fortunes run out. Anyone with half a brain is smart enough not to shoot the golden goose. Show me where things have improved? Can you show me the incentives NHRA has put in place to attract new blood? Grade points, higher entry fees, unchanged payouts, loss of contengency sponsors, reduction of class runoffs, reduction of events that run our categories, class consolidations, I can go on. Where are the positives?
Bob, I know Alex personally and know his primary goal was to prove it can be done. What killed the "sequel" is the same thing that currently hurts NHRA class racing...people whining about the abuse from NHRA but continue to support them regardless. The only way we could do it at "their" sanctioned tracks is if the rest of the class racing community (or all NHRA sportsman members for that matter) bands together and supports their local tracks first and foremost, as well as various regional S/SS associations, foregoing NHRA events. True, they might shut the door on us, and probably be the best thing to happen. Perhaps a wakeup call to NHRA, or even bigger, a final death blow to such an arrogant organization after we establish ourselves as an independent entity. Strength is always in numbers. WJ admitted himself last week at Maple Grove...NHRA works with no more than 2% of their membership.
All great things start with an idea. This is just mine.