NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses?

WheelsUp · 05-19-2010, 08:55 PM

Seems like they haven't changed in 20 years.

Jim Wahl · 05-19-2010, 09:39 PM

Chrup, churp....the sounds of silence! Jim

Ed Fernandez · 05-19-2010, 09:46 PM

Crew pass for Nats are $85 this year.

Paul Precht · 05-19-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WheelsUp

Seems like they haven't changed in 20 years.

Any day now.

05-20-2010, 12:42 AM

ahhhh, What is "NEVER" for a $1000 Alex!

Casey Miles · 05-20-2010, 12:34 PM

Ask yourself, why should NHRA raise the purse when there are still good car counts at any of their races? I for one will not pay an entry fee of $160 to race for $1k, but the racers line up to get into the gate. If I were NHRA, I think I would lower the purses until the car counts starts to really go down, then I would give the racers a bone and up the purse again to $1100. and just through in $190 entry as a little clause. Clause like they have to pay for more insurance or potty houses.
NHRA will keep on the way that they operate until the racers change the way that they do business with them. The racers bring the show and pay for it all at the same time, NHRA is capitalizing on it, that's all.

Casey Miles
248H

W J · 05-20-2010, 01:03 PM

Casey, the last sentence of your post says it all! How true..... WJ

Kris Kristofferson · 05-20-2010, 01:08 PM

"Racers are the dumbest entertainers"

lstanford · 05-20-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WheelsUp

Seems like they haven't changed in 20 years.

How soon will pigs become aerodynamic? Maybe we could use a wind tunnel for the mating process.

WheelsUp · 05-20-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Fuller

ahhhh, What is "NEVER" for a $1000 Alex!

That's funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

05-19-2010, 08:55 PM	#1
WheelsUp Banned Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 65 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? Seems like they haven't changed in 20 years.

05-19-2010, 09:39 PM	#2
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,844 Likes: 666 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Re: NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? Chrup, churp....the sounds of silence! Jim __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

05-19-2010, 09:46 PM	#3
Ed Fernandez Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NOO JOISEY nexta NOO YAWK Posts: 5,879 Likes: 38 Liked 100 Times in 45 Posts	Re: NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? Crew pass for Nats are $85 this year. __________________ Former NHRA #1945 Former IHRA #1945 T/SA

05-20-2010, 12:42 AM	#5
Jason Fuller Guest Posts: n/a	Re: NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? ahhhh, What is "NEVER" for a $1000 Alex!

05-20-2010, 12:34 PM	#6
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 703 Likes: 127 Liked 488 Times in 90 Posts	Re: NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? Ask yourself, why should NHRA raise the purse when there are still good car counts at any of their races? I for one will not pay an entry fee of $160 to race for $1k, but the racers line up to get into the gate. If I were NHRA, I think I would lower the purses until the car counts starts to really go down, then I would give the racers a bone and up the purse again to $1100. and just through in $190 entry as a little clause. Clause like they have to pay for more insurance or potty houses. NHRA will keep on the way that they operate until the racers change the way that they do business with them. The racers bring the show and pay for it all at the same time, NHRA is capitalizing on it, that's all. Casey Miles 248H

05-20-2010, 01:03 PM	#7
W J Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Paxton, Massachusetts Posts: 638 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? Casey, the last sentence of your post says it all! How true..... WJ

05-20-2010, 01:08 PM	#8
Kris Kristofferson Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ont Posts: 68 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: NHRA, when are you going to raise your purses? "Racers are the dumbest entertainers"