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Dan Bennett · 01-28-2019, 05:49 PM

I can verify the Oscar/Wally thing. I started covering races in the late 1980's and clearly remember the NHRA staff in the media center asking us to use the term "Wally". As I remember, it was a printed notice placed at each desk.

Nothing on the notice mentioned the Hollywood awards, but if you asked off the record, you were told it was due to either a cease and desist or a lawsuit depending on who you talked to.

01-28-2019, 05:49 PM	#7
Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 853 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: US Nats ? For You Older Guys I can verify the Oscar/Wally thing. I started covering races in the late 1980's and clearly remember the NHRA staff in the media center asking us to use the term "Wally". As I remember, it was a printed notice placed at each desk. Nothing on the notice mentioned the Hollywood awards, but if you asked off the record, you were told it was due to either a cease and desist or a lawsuit depending on who you talked to.