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Yepper....like it or not....this just about says it all.
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[or Golf Clubs, Boat motorcycles and on and on!!
Ralph QUOTE=Jackie McCracken;132160]This just about says it all. Its one reason I put the idea of starting a Stock, Super Stock association and a Class Nationals 2 with Alex that I mentioned earlier this year on hold. To many disgruntled racers on the forum.[/QUOTE] Disgruntled isn't even the half of it. Blind stupidity and self interest is the real problem. There is no such thing as working together to save a way of racing that is more than just racing, it is a heritage and a philosophy about what it means to have the fastest G/Stock Automatic Boss 429 Pinto wagon on earth on a given day. That is all gone the way of pinks (what a joke) and bracket racing (even bigger joke) and it is all coming to a national event near you soon and the posts in this thread are the proof but the posters here all (except a few) “think they are saving racing”, my ***!… They are part of the problem not the solution! I hear so many people scream that we need more “heads up” runs but as soon as they are faced with the opportunity to really do so the whining and bickering and sniveling starts about “so and so’s bla bla bla” and “it ain’t fair, bla bla bla” and “he’s got a yada yada yada”… if you don’t like the heat stay out of the fry’n pan and stay at your Saturday night track and support their bracket program where you belong! Need any proof? Look at where Top Stock is today! All most all of this bickering and “we’re gona change the world” crap comes from a bunch of “newbie’s” and “wannabe’s” that think they world needs to do what they want because that is the way mommy raised them, they always got what they wanted and if they didn’t they cried and sniveled and then if they didn’t get what they wanted they cried and sniveled louder until mommy gave in. Most of the rest of them think that if they go buy every state of the art “trick of the week part” and spend more money than everybody else they should automatically be the fastest car out there and if they ain’t then everybody that is faster has to be cheating and the ones that ain’t just ain’t cheating enough! Baaa whaaaa… it’s not fair!! These guys are a bunch of lazy wimps that has had everything they have handed to them, they have never had to work for anything in their lives and they ain’t about to do it now especially not when they can whine and snivel about it… “You can tell who is fast and who isn’t by how many fishing poles they have in the trailer” – John Force (paraphrased) Jackie McCracken[/QUOTE] |
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Jackie, I couldn't agree more with your take on the situation.....To the point and I'm sad to say, the plain and simple truth.
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First,I understand, that given I haven't raced in a long time, my creditability is suspect but I believe there could be a reasonable upturn in national event entries "if" NHRA would abandon what I refer to as "racer blackmail" or the grade point system. Historically, that system was implemented during the high flying years of drag racing when there were multiple venues competing for racer attendance and NHRA used the racer's desire to attend prestigious events to coerce them into attending their, often lower paying and consequently poorer attended, divisional races. They always stood behind the cloak of creating support for their member tracks. When it began it only applied to U.S. Nationals entries but within a short time was expanded to include all national events. This corresponded to a rapid growth period in the number and location of national events to cover the entire US and even some in Canada. At the time it served NHRA well to get the racer's unflagging support for the whole NHRA package but I'm merely suggesting that in today's circumstances that it has out lived it's usefulness. I think that review of S & S/S car counts at opens and divisional races, especially in divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4, support an argument that the grade point system is no longer viable and is ,in fact, reducing car counts at national events. Let the flames begin.
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I don't consider myself a newbie or a wannabe, I consider myself a Class racer. If there are heads up runs HELL yeah I'm in ,if I get stomped well I can only look at myself to lay blame. Yes there are guys who can outspend me but there's guys that can outspend them. I chose my combo nobody made me go this route I have to do the best I can with the stuff I have. I thought that was the idea, pick a combo and do the best you can with it if you can make it fly then good for you, if you can't you have more choices change your combo, spend more time, money ect.Myself I get a good feeling when someone stops at my pits and says man this stuff is really fast, be it true or not that makes me feel good. I don't hold it against anyone who choses to be a Checkbook racer, hey if they have the money and the desire what the heck come join the party. How many cars do you think would be a a race if only the guys that do their own stuff raced? As with most things it is what you make of it if you're a negative person than everything you do has a negative tone and vice versa. We all have to remember we live in the best country in the world, my father and alot of peoples moms and dads risked their lives so we can enjoy living here, as someone posted "if you don't like the heat stay out". If it doesn't suit you then I guess maybe you have the wrong hobby and remember this is just a hobby, I'm unaware of anyone who makes their entire living solely from their race winnings. So we all need to do an ego check and remember why we started down this path, yes I'd love to have the fastest A B C D whatever but I don't I have to accept the fact that I probably never will but I just keep on keepin on. Joe
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When you pay a premium price for a product, you expect a quality product. NHRA is not giving a quality product for the premium price that you pay to them for dues and entry fees. There wouldn’t be as much turmoil in S/SS if NHRA policed the categories closer then they have. Why is it that a Comp car gets its new index the following Monday morning if someone goes more then .61 under over the weekend? S/SS should be the same. We race NHRA S/SS because we want limitations for each category and rules to be followed that make it a fair play ground. Instead, NHRA turns their back on parts and devices that never came on factory cars and says it’s “OK”. That’s a problem when you pay for the administration of the rules and you don’t receive it from the governing body.
I’m not bashing, I’m just stating the facts. The rumors that you hear are from people who don’t want to do their job that they are getting paid for. If you look at NASCAR, they are getting paid for what they do, administer the rules. They take cars apart just to look at them for no reason, randomly. NHRA should be following NASCAR’s lead and do what they are expected to be doing, administering the rules Casey Miles 248H |
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