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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN
Its to bad that more hard working racers like A.R. Green dont have the back bone to take a stand against the BS that NHRA pulls on the sportsman racers the last several years. The only way NHRA will listen is to hit them in their wallets.
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Well, Terry, the problem is how it has worked out. Arnold Greene has either served his country or worked, all of his adult life. During that time, he also worked hard at a hobby he dearly loves. Finally, after decades, he is in a position to take full advantage of his decades of work, he now has time and where with all to travel and enjoy life after labor. But NHRA has stolen the fun from his favorite hobby. Arnold, being the old school guy he is, likes to have a fair and legitimate shot at being low qualifier and winning class. To him being really fast is as important as going rounds. NHRA has taken that chance from him, in thanks for him paying their various fees as a loyal customer for some 45 years or so.
Arnold already paid a price by standing up for what he thought was right, by boycotting Division 2 because he felt Bill Holt mistreated him and his fellow racers. So now he's selling his car and getting out, not because he tired of his hobby, but because he feels he's been abused. And he's right. But he's being robbed again, now he's out of his hobby when he has the most time possible to actually enjoy it. That's the saddest part of all. Except for the fact that NHRA, and many of the "new" people in this sport, don't give a damn, and feel it was time he quit and let the "new" people and cars play. And that sentiment is exactly what is wrong with not only our sport, but our culture and our nation.