Roy Hill Entry

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Leroy Duran 7118

This is the first year that they are enforcing the gold card rule.... A driver that wins a gold card at the end of the year summit series ET finals can’t use that gold card in the Lucas Oil series or any national events for the following year anymore.

Sounds like a bad decision ,NHRA should encourage a Bracket car to upgrade to Stock or Super Stock and besides There are not that many Gold cards to make any difference ,if they don't go but if they do more money for the track

[THE LEGEND]

Mybe Kurt got him in.LOL
Seriously Who cares if the field is'nt full.

One more thing. Roy did his time and it was'nt at no country club either. It happened nearly 30 years ago. Leave him alone and let him race. Besides as fast as that Ford is ya'll will have something else to b!tch about Friday.

Chip Johnson
Former Roy Hill employee & still his friend

[danny waters sr]

Did anybody here Roy on Johnboy & Billy earlier this week? He was talking about the Mustang and the ROCK. Then the story on Competition Plus. He's good for a little publicity too...........

[Jim Bailey]

Let me tell you a little Roy Hill Story. I'd have to look through my pictures to find the date, but, some time in the mid 1990's, Roy, myself and a couple other IHRA "PROS" were ask to do some PR for IHRA in Neb., before the Nats in Scribner. We got to meet the Governor, do some radio talk shows,TV, yada, yada, yada. The highlite of the deal was going to the Childrens Hospital. After the tour, which included a burn unit, Roy said, " We should buy these kids some gifts." I said, cool ...count me in. We went to the hospital gift shop. Roy, told the lady we needed some gifts for the kids. She said, which ones? Roy said ....EVERY KID IN THE HOSPITAL !!!!. ( after a quick check of my credit card limit .) I said OK let's do it. Roy made it happen ...we bought every kid in the hospital a gift of some kind. And, we took them to every room. Not one child was left out...Say what you want...Roy's OK in my book. It was one of the best memories of my racing career...Roy should get free entry to any event he wants. Jim Bailey

[danny waters sr]

Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

Let me tell you a little Roy Hill Story. I'd have to look through my pictures to find the date, but, some time in the mid 1990's, Roy, myself and a couple other IHRA "PROS" were ask to do some PR for IHRA in Neb., before the Nats in Scribner. We got to meet the Governor, do some radio talk shows,TV, yada, yada, yada. The highlite of the deal was going to the Childrens Hospital. After the tour, which included a burn unit, Roy said, " We should buy these kids some gifts." I said, cool ...count me in. We went to the hospital gift shop. Roy, told the lady we needed some gifts for the kids. She said, which ones? Roy said ....EVERY KID IN THE HOSPITAL !!!!. ( after a quick check of my credit card limit .) I said OK let's do it. Roy made it happen ...we bought every kid in the hospital a gift of some kind. And, we took them to every room. Not one child was left out...Say what you want...Roy's OK in my book. It was one of the best memories of my racing career...Roy should get free entry to any event he wants. Jim Bailey

That was cool. Ahhh the good ole days. .I remember Roy punching our race director at MIR at the scales .Over ballast weight in his pro stocker.I think it was the second or third year i was working with IHRA.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by danny waters sr

That was cool. Ahhh the good ole days. .I remember Roy punching our race director at MIR at the scales .Over ballast weight in his pro stocker.I think it was the second or third year i was working with IHRA.

LOL......I have a LOT of stories I could tell about Roy from the 70's but not on here. He really has a heart of gold but like most all of us has had some side roads he traveled over the years. Im glad he is racing again.

[THE LEGEND]

Danny,
Was that the ballast hid in his pants leg? LOL
Chip

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

Sounds like a bad decision ,NHRA should encourage a Bracket car to upgrade to Stock or Super Stock and besides There are not that many Gold cards to make any difference ,if they don't go but if they do more money for the track

NHRA cost themselves setting the hook on a Sportsman standout by not allowing him to use his Bracket Finals Gold Card for Nat'l/Div'l events. They inadvertently not only cost themselves money in the long term, but also manufacturers and tracks. Good thinkin'.

Hey Chip! How much money did you save with your Gold Card the year after you won the Bracket Finals? How much did you *spend* that year on crew passes for your family, souvenirs, and how much did you spend with manufacturers and other businesses? How much have you spent since? Just think how much money you'd have if you were still just bracket racing the Cheerwine Nova!

Lets stop worring about a grading point that actually means nothing anymore.

Ding, ding! We have a winner. It's NOT about Roy Hill or Kurt Busch... it's about the now-irrelevant grade point system. If you don't want to use the grade point system, fine - GET RID OF IT! *But*, if you ARE going to have rules and a grade point system, USE THEM!

$.02,