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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee
Bruce,
If you would stop cutting / pasting and leaving the original statement behind on the floor, you might understand. Here's what I said in reference to "negotiating"
"The OEM's sent their "recommendations" on DP/CJ HP levels. NHRA told them to "think some more". So yes, there was some negotiations albeit as we know now, not enough. "
A) OEM sent HP to NHRA.
B) NHRA did not accept HP.
C) OEM revised HP.
D) NHRA accepted HP.
E) HP in books.
I think the "big picture" is NHRA will straighten this out and not through the long & arduous method of using the AHFS exclusively. I see no gain for NHRA to specifically alienating and forcing 95% of the S/SS class into quiting.
Did NHRA get suckered in? Maybe. But there is no denying this move brought attention and new blood into the sport. Remember, no press is bad press.
Not everything is a conspiracy...
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Jeff,
I'm using the quotes the same as you are. You have mentioned negotiating many times now and I'm trying my best to point out to you that Graham Light and his staff said they accepted the numbers that Ford gave them. There were no negotiations according to them. Sure some folks had to communicate at some level to get the cars in the sheets but the power figures were produced by Ford. nhra didn't get suckered. They claim in their letters they knew exactly what was going on from the beginning. Most of us don't see a conspiracy - we see collusion.