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Sam The Butcher · 05-11-2025, 06:46 AM

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Default Re: Thank you Gloria and Dave Ley
They did NOT "Retire". They were FORCED out by some one that was given an ultimatum. Which was, "You either fire Dave, or YOUR fired!" Is what I heard. Red Man, Alan Reinhart, Dave Ley. These were all people that were highly respected and appreciated by the sportsman racers. Yet the big wigs seem to think they are expendable if they don't "Do as you're told!" Hell, NHRA can't even follow their own rules! NHRA rules state that qualifying runs don't count when you fail fuel check. So when someone goes WAY under their index, triggering an automatic "Hit" to that class, but fails fuel check, then how come that run counts towards that trigger? AND that run would have made that car the #1 qualifier at that race. But, that car was not listed as the #1 qualifier because the run was disqualified. So if the run was disqualified, why did it count towards the automatic trigger? I guess the NHRA rules will only be applied when THEY decide it matters. And when a actual NHRA tech person with over 30 years experience in the NHRA tech department questions this whole incident, and voices their professional opinion, they are told to "Just shut up and do as we say, OR ELSE!" Well, now we know what "OR ELSE" means don't we! When are we sportsman racers gonna say ENOUGH is ENOUGH from these Dictators at the top of the NHRA food chain? They get rid of the people that are actually pleasant to be around and work with sportsman racers in their questions, concerns, and complaints. I guess all they want are people that will just "DO WHAT WE SAY, OR ELSE"!

05-11-2025, 06:46 AM	#24
Sam The Butcher Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 21 Likes: 44 Liked 12 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Thank you Gloria and Dave Ley Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Bowling green, Ky Posts: 231 Likes: 12 Liked 209 Times in 63 Posts Default Re: Thank you Gloria and Dave Ley They did NOT "Retire". They were FORCED out by some one that was given an ultimatum. Which was, "You either fire Dave, or YOUR fired!" Is what I heard. Red Man, Alan Reinhart, Dave Ley. These were all people that were highly respected and appreciated by the sportsman racers. Yet the big wigs seem to think they are expendable if they don't "Do as you're told!" Hell, NHRA can't even follow their own rules! NHRA rules state that qualifying runs don't count when you fail fuel check. So when someone goes WAY under their index, triggering an automatic "Hit" to that class, but fails fuel check, then how come that run counts towards that trigger? AND that run would have made that car the #1 qualifier at that race. But, that car was not listed as the #1 qualifier because the run was disqualified. So if the run was disqualified, why did it count towards the automatic trigger? I guess the NHRA rules will only be applied when THEY decide it matters. And when a actual NHRA tech person with over 30 years experience in the NHRA tech department questions this whole incident, and voices their professional opinion, they are told to "Just shut up and do as we say, OR ELSE!" Well, now we know what "OR ELSE" means don't we! When are we sportsman racers gonna say ENOUGH is ENOUGH from these Dictators at the top of the NHRA food chain? They get rid of the people that are actually pleasant to be around and work with sportsman racers in their questions, concerns, and complaints. I guess all they want are people that will just "DO WHAT WE SAY, OR ELSE"!