Quick "BITCHING"

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by dartman

Maybe they need the money.car count are are down and the money is not rolling in.up goes the price of playing.it's the way it is.

I thought that perhaps one day I could race some close NHRA events with a different combo when time, money and scheduling with IHRA would allow. But it doesn't look like it will happen. I haven't been an NHRA member for almost 2 years and only ran brackets. So perhaps I can qualify as an objective observer. But NHRA's actions over the years seem to be a calculated, systematic plan to see what they can get away with and eventually achieve some long-term goals. "The money is not rolling in" for them, but it it isn't rolling in for the average sportsman competitor either! I see people say, "If you can't afford an extra $50.00, $200.00, or whatever, to race, you shouldn't be racing". Well, how many times has that comment been used to defend them over the years? It's starting to sound like a broken record. The business logic has already been outlined and their approach isn't logical to maintain or increase their "grassroots" participants. It's financially more difficult to patronize a business and less people show up. So the business raises the prices to make up for it??? My impressions are that they are either trying to "prune" those participants to an exclusive/specific clientel or simply chase most of them away. In most big businesses/corporations, the "suits", "desk jockeys", or whatever you want to call them, don't have a clue of what it's like at the bottom of the totem pole, and/or don't care. Their money and position has spoiled them and the bottom line is all they look at. It's the same attitude that got the economy in the situation it's in now.

I bet their spectator prices haven't gone up in proportion to sportsman competitor prices!

....Just my opinion.