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Old 01-21-2011, 09:00 PM   #1
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Seriously?

Have you looked closely and carefully at how NHRA has been run for the last 30 years or so?


You think monetary compensation is the only reason anyone would want to see something done about that?
No I don't; but I am just surprised that it took someone 30 yrs. to do something. (I realize that this probably isn't the first time someone has tried to bring it to light in a serious manner; but most of the time people are content in just complaining about it - me included).

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Old 01-21-2011, 09:32 PM   #2
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No I don't; but I am just surprised that it took someone 30 yrs. to do something. (I realize that this probably isn't the first time someone has tried to bring to light in a serious manner; but most of the time people are content in just complaining about it - me included).
Sometimes it takes a while to pile that last straw on the camel's back. Evidently, after taking advantage of racers for years, they've finally reached the limit of some guys. Actually, a lot of guys. There are people not racing, there are people only going to combo races, and there are people selling all their stuff and going fishing, hunting, camping, bowling, or golfing.

I notice people seem to want to attribute this to one person in particular. There might be one person leading it in name, but if I were a betting man, I'd be willing to bet there are more than a couple of people behind the guy who went to see the lawyer.

A lot of the hard core racers from back in the day are watching their legacy disappear. Guys who are younger (I'm almost 50 now, and I'm a relative youngster) who know those guys are tired of seeing their friends and mentors pushed aside and driven from the sport. I know I'm sick of it, they've stolen the sport from guys I grew up watching, and I'm watching people I know who could and would still be out there racing parking and/or selling their stuff. Those guys lived this stuff all of their lives, and now the sport they love, what they live for, has been taken from them, for money.
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Old 01-21-2011, 09:43 PM   #3
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Well said, Alan.
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Old 01-21-2011, 09:48 PM   #4
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Okay, I know this may "offend" some people: But, look at the huge salaries these guys make, and if a stock class car wins in the final round, what is the payout? I have seen guys do the foot race at bracket races and get bigger payouts. Is this a point made? I know the contigency money is usually larger than winners check, but, this has been a restraining clause for me to not become a class racer. All the sportsman class racers are making these guys rich.
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Default Re: The IRS and NHRA, you gotta see this.

If it were only the salaries, it wouldn't be a problem. It's not any one thing, it's any number of things. It's not just the payouts, either. There are a multitude of problems.
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Old 01-21-2011, 10:06 PM   #6
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I wonder if this un-named person who filed the complaint might not be one of the Track Owners who has been strong armed by NHRA management one to many times.
Just a thought.
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