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Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

As much as it may pain me, i must say that the NHRA powers that be have crapped in their mess kit! They have financially assaulted the racer for the last 8 years and now have managed to reduce the racer participation to 1/3 of what it once was. Realizing they have squeezed racers to the breaking point they now turn to their sponsors. The sponsors for the most part have sat back and watched what has been done to the racer with little comment, even added to the insult by not paying the contingency monies promised to the racer. There are sponsors who have always been on the up and up such as Jegs, Nitroplate, Summit, MoPar, Ford and one of the smartest former sponsors, Turbo Action who saw the hand writing on the wall many years ago and dropped NHRA like a stone! NHRA has now possibly created the perfect storm, racers are not happy, and now a lot of sponsors are not happy! This, I have no doubt, will only be the tip of the iceberg. What the big wheels of these NHRA sponsor companies should be asking themselves is WHY? Why does NHRA feel the need to assault them now? Does the NHRA Board see that the gravy train they have been riding on for years is coming to an end and they need to pad the mattress before this whole thing blows up in their faces and they have to find a real job somewhere? One thing that all involved in our sport seems to agree on is that the unmitigated greed that defines Glendora can not continue! If I were the CEO of one of these big sponsor companies I would be looking hard and long as to the reasoning the NHRA greed machine has turned on them.
I have been a member of the NHRA for over 40 years and I see the NHRA circling the drain due to mismanagement. Shame on you Tom Compton. You have screwed the racer, you have screwed your employees, you have screwed the fans and now you are screwing the sponsors of my beloved sport! My sport! Not your sport! You don't race! Jim

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That is one great post and I agree 100%!