Charlotte Four Wide Nationals

[fredjohnston]

Originally Posted by SCDAD

we ran the fall race last year and were treated like crap. will never go back. definetly treated better at pro-am & divisionals. less money &
nicer people !

Why do people always say the "were treated like crap..etc.etc." and then never post what exactly happened?

[sc1153]

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

Why do people always say the "were treated like crap..etc.etc." and then never post what exactly happened?

Treated like crap .... they delay sportsman over and over again, then they rush you to race so they can get finished. Then they put you on lanes that nobody can get down. My father was there, and his car can hook in a car wash.... he had to lift. The end result is NHRA does not care about us, they could care less if we didn't come, and they do not see that sportsman racing is the ROOTS OF RACING, and without roots the NHRA tree will eventually shrivil up and die.

I love this sport, but I do not like being treated like I am in a jail. Tell you when to eat sleep and shyt.

[CBS]

How do you really feel...lol

And Dad's car hooking in a car wash....



I was there for the inagural race and the track was good.....but from what I hear...things didn't go that well last year......the track was almost impossible....hopefully this year they will have that under control.....

I can't understand how they somehow make the track worse than a normal road....its like they grease it....lol

[THE LEGEND]

Lots of tracks were crap last year. May be in the prep.
On a side note Piedmont Dragway has a $20,000 to win Door Car only bracket race the same weekend, if ya'll rather do some bracket racing.
Chip Johnson

[SCDAD]

They dont care about the sportsman racer at least at the fall race, they rush you to the lanes to sit , lanes
not big enough for all sc cars. Not permitted on pit vehicles on pro side of track even after pros finished, wanted to take friends back to their car & was told we needed to walk. Not a friendly place & we love to race in nc.

[fredjohnston]

Originally Posted by SCDAD

They dont care about the sportsman racer at least at the fall race, they rush you to the lanes to sit , lanes
not big enough for all sc cars. Not permitted on pit vehicles on pro side of track even after pros finished, wanted to take friends back to their car & was told we needed to walk. Not a friendly place & we love to race in nc.

Let's see, they tell you to come ot the lanes..no one forces you. The lanes aren't big enough, so you get pissed off and blame NHRA. You can't take your pit vehicles to the pro side to ride around where you have no business and if you want to see the pro classes you are welcome to walk and look any time you want to and finally the security or cops inform you that you can't take your pit vehicle to the public parking lot. It's all NHRA's fault? Who's got the problem here?

[jmcarter]

When I ran the Gators the NHRA guy who parked me indicated there was a renewed emphasis on treating the Sportsman racer better and I must say I felt we were treated very fairly. Suppose track layout and such makes a difference but maybe they've realized the lower car counts are just as much about their "enhancements" as it is the current economy. In general the oil down thing, chassis cert fee, entry, insurance surcharge, etc have hurt the car counts and if .90 racers don't show they'll just fill it with Nostalgia, Unleashed, etc.....IMHO