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[63corvette]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Just FYI, I had a nice little talk with Mr. Clifford at the World Finals. I asked him if he knew that all of the rest rooms are locked after dark and a security guard(who doesn't have the key!) is stationed at them. I also asked him if he knew that all(every one and the Fairplex is a big place) of the public rest rooms that HAD shower stalls have had them removed. He did not know either of these things and he wanted to know what the problem was. I explained to him that I was sleeping in a LQ trailer with not a whole heck of a lot of LQ in it and the lack of showers and rest rooms was going to be a bit of a problem for me. After my explanation, he assured me that he would look into it and then suggested that I go down to the Hilton(he did). Now THAT'S sarcasm!

Probably why I haven't gotten my membership yet, check was cashed in October.

I'm sure that he has taken upon himself to rectify this situation for me as quickly as possibly though. Now THAT'S sarcasm too!

By the way, same problem at Vegas too.

Billy, I also had a chance to talk to Mr. Clifford at the Las Vegas race. He was being shown around the pits by Mike Rice the Div 7 Director. They stopped by a pit I was in with a group of racers and Mike introduced him to all of us who Mike knew already.
His first comment after the nice to meet all of us was to ask us if there were any issues we would like to bring up. I spoke up quickly and asked how much time he had. He quickly changed the subject to how important the sportsman racers are then into just wait and see there are changes coming to support us. He hinted about the changes to the license programs and how that would cut our costs to race at NHRA events. I have not yet seen any cost cuts on my part as I get a physical every year anyway due to my age. So NHRA just not requiring one for my license did not change anything for me. Then the cost of running a National did increase so no savings there. The only savings is the cost of diesel and I don't think NHRA had much to do with that cost.
So far I have not seen any real changes to benefit the Sportsman racers. I keep hoping but hoping in one hand and you know the rest.
My 2 Cents
Rick Cates