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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich
This is real simple. There were people appearing on the show with NHRA class designations and NHRA competition numbers prominently displayed on their cars, and using their real names. NHRA told them that it was unacceptable to do so. NHRA is well within their rights to do so.
The solution is real simple, too. If you want to appear on the show, simply remove all of your class designations and competition numbers, as well as your name on the car if it is there, and don't use your real name.
I don't often agree with a lot of things NHRA does, but this is well within their rights. They have a right to choose who and what their "brand" is associated with. Like it or not, the competition number and class designation is part of their "brand".
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I highly doubt much of the viewing audience for SO would know what a competition number is and I also doubt that any of those cars had a NHRA class designation on them. As far as using your name goes, I am not too sure that NHRA can control that. The section of the rule book that is quoted in the letter that is going around really makes me wonder how it applies to the show. While I agree NHRA can threaten and defend all they want and a NHRA license is a privilege, the terms participant and event that are mentioned in the letter and section 1.3.1 of the rule book are clearly defined in section 1.1 of the rule book and I struggle to see how it applies to a reality TV show and the guys involved in it. Now I am quite sure that it pi$$es NHRA off that they get more viewers on a Monday night than the event coverage gets on Sunday night (or Monday morning) but I am not sure this is the way to help that situation by threatening a bunch of guys that are pulling in more views and interest than they can generate.