Dont miss Compton in new digger

[63corvette]

From inside info from the NHRA home office the Sportsman entry fees insurance charges cover the entire National Events insurance costs.
Yes, you are covering EVERYONE including the spectators who come in the gate.
This years increase/enhancement comes after the spectator death in 2010 at the National Event.
Thanks NHRA for allowing us Sportsman racers to cover ALL your insurance costs at the National Events and then treat us the way you do....
My 2 Cents which is about all I have left....
Rick Cates

[Chad Rhodes]

on the bright side I was able to squeeze a shot of vodka out of the "compton's corner" page of the dragster

[X-TECH MAN]

I have a novel idea....Why dont ALL of you stay home for a couple of races and see what NHRA thinks. Save gas and diesel, wear and tear on equipment. Make it a be nice weekend for your other halfs for a change. Yeah right.....I know that will ever happen. You have no right to bitch and complain when you drop your pants, bend over and say stick it here big boy every time a race comes up.!

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

I have a novel idea....Why dont ALL of you stay home for a couple of races and see what NHRA thinks. Save gas and diesel, wear and tear on equipment. Make it a be nice weekend for your other halfs for a change. Yeah right.....I know that will ever happen. You have no right to bitch and complain when you drop your pants, bend over and say stick it here big boy every time a race comes up.!

I've been saying this for a long time. I love the other racers, just can't stand the pomposity of that arrogant a-hole and the other top floor Glendora stooges. Just 2 or 3 races with few to no competitors and that will get there attention. It will leave many spectators with a bad taste in their mouths wondering "why all the down time now", sending Glendora into damage control overdrive. I'm talking NO SPORTSMAN whatsoever.

[rx dealer]

It can be done...If the people in Egypt can overthrow a bad government while being shot at, then all sportsman racers can do something to catch their attention... like a no show for 2-3 races i think this is a good start...( don't look into anything I'm not advocating anything ) Maybe some racers are thinking a BAD place to race is better that NO place to race...Luke SS 311

[Tom Goldman]

Damn, The one issue I was looking forward to, and it has'nt gotten to my part of Pennsylvania yet!'
I really wanted to read 'ol Toms' accolades of us lowly sportsman racers.
My Dragsters keep coming later and later
Must be my mail carrier reading it first, cause the subscription dept. says there is never a problem on their end!

[Signman]

His answers were all very politically correct.

Hard questions were not followed up, interviewer was happy with PC answer. Even the IRS audits which have been happening periodically over the years. Not everyone has forgotten when they were closely investigated in the 90's.

The comment about management prior to his taking over trying to "please everyone" and therefore being "all things to all people" was telling about NHRA management focus.

He repeated what I have heard for years that Sportsman Racing will not be deleted. Although the part about not turning a profit only possibly applies to divisional and national opens. Fees paid by sportsman racers to attend national events should help to cover those losses.

Have said for years that NHRA upper management, as well as major sponsors, as well as ESPN feel and quite possibly rightly so, at this point in time Nitro is their best entertainment product to present to the general public. NHRA needs to analyze the real exposure that ESPN is providing on their stick and ball channels cause it's not that great!

By not promoting with any vigor other viable products is short sighted and a disservice to the sport in the big picture. With the popularity of all the auto restoration and auction shows maybe consider the auto enthusiast broadcasters like Speed as an outlet for Sportsman Racing. ESPN would not like it but NHRA should be exploring all their options in this weak economy.

[Ed Fernandez]

Every picture I see of him he has the look of someone who just polished off a bottle or two of
Wild Irish Rose or Thunderbird.Maybe it's the buggy eyes.If I was in law enforcement and stopped him the first thing I'd reach for is the breathalyzer.Maybe it's just me.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by 63corvette

From inside info from the NHRA home office the Sportsman entry fees insurance charges cover the entire National Events insurance costs.
Yes, you are covering EVERYONE including the spectators who come in the gate.
This years increase/enhancement comes after the spectator death in 2010 at the National Event.
Thanks NHRA for allowing us Sportsman racers to cover ALL your insurance costs at the National Events and then treat us the way you do....
My 2 Cents which is about all I have left....
Rick Cates

Pomona:
330 sportsman @ $95=$31,350
Gators
330 sportsman @ $95=$31,350

That's a lot of insurance money.Anybody have an idea what the premiums cost per event?

Stretch that out to 22 events =$689,700.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Pomona:
330 sportsman @ $95=$31,350
Gators
330 sportsman @ $95=$31,350

That's a lot of insurance money.Anybody have an idea what the premiums cost per event?

Stretch that out to 22 events =$689,700.

It's not all liability insurance.
They used to insure the weather (gate). Not sure if they still do though.