NHRA regulates off track behavior.........

[Hagen Gary]

I'd say you nailed it Dwight. NHRA is completely in the right here. I pay a membership due, and I don't want to be associated with street racing at all. PERIOD. It's ignorant, irresponsible and down right disrespectful to your community. It is on the same lines as gangster rap. It encourages fools to break the law by glamorizing it.

This might be a little harsh... but the best thing that could have happened to the main star (Paul Walker) of all the fast and furious movies, is that he die, as a passenger, in a car speeding over twice the speed limit (93 in a 45). It brought a reality check to all the fools who were inspired by those movies. He got exactly what he was asking for, and hopefully saved a few kids lives by waking them up. Innocent people die in street racing. You're acting like an idiot if you do it.

[Jim Hanig]

wow Hagen that,s pretty rough. I don't think anyone should die for street racing, not saying its rite, but I will bet some where most of have done the same. NHRA likely want there share of the cut. They maybe should worry about their racing than whats happend on the tv.

[Hagen Gary]

Originally Posted by Jim Hanig

. NHRA likely want there share of the cut. They maybe should worry about their racing than whats happend on the tv.

I believe you are incorrect. NHRA wants nothing to do with the show. and I applaud them for that. NHRA was created to keep racing off the street, and they need to uphold that standard. Flying NHRA decals, numbers and class designation (T/S of coarse) while street racing on national tv (fake or real, doesn't matter) is detrimental to there brand. end of story.

The way I see it. Paul Walker dying saved more people from dying. It saved at least 1 family being plowed into at 100+ MPH. It brought a wakeup call to people who thought street racing was cool, by killing one of their idols. He made like 7 movies in that series. It was pretty much his whole acting career. He glamorized it, and then got to experience first hand what multiple people did that were inspired by him. end of story.

[Michael Beard]

I saw a post today from a track that is working on establishing a program specifically directed to street racers to get them on the race track instead of the street... which one would think is the goal.

While it obviously was not their intention, the sanctioning body has unwittingly turned more people toward street racing than against it. How do you get street racers off the street and onto a sanctioned dragstrip if you ban them from that dragstrip?

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

I saw a post today from a track that is working on establishing a program specifically directed to street racers to get them on the race track instead of the street... which one would think is the goal.

While it obviously was not their intention, the sanctioning body has unwittingly turned more people toward street racing than against it. How do you get street racers off the street and onto a sanctioned dragstrip if you ban them from that dragstrip?

BINGO!

JimR

[Randall Klein]

Should know better than getting into a pissing match with Hagen, but its 5 degrees and I'm bored....so we should paint with a broad brush all the movie car chase movies and actors? Newman in Bullitt, Hackman in French Connection, etc....I guess moviegoers are pavlov's dogs, panting to hit the streets and emulate screen scenes? Beyond harsh to make a questionable point

hit send? yes
hit send no?
hit send.......

[Lyn Smith]

Heard there is a new Drag racing show that starts filming in Texas next month called House of Grudge.Ken from Pass Time,and Mike Merillo are on it.It does take place on a real Drag Strip.

[ALMACK]

I wonder why the producers of that Discovery TV show did not just pixelate the NHRA decals in the videos?

If they had done that, I don't believe this problem would have come to all those letters.

I would imagine that is the core of the problem.

[Bob Mulry]

How about if I do that guest appearance that Fat N Furious has been calling me about...........

Would I still be able to come back and race NHRA???????????

Bob

[blkjack]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I wonder why the producers of that Discovery TV show did not just pixelate the NHRA decals in the videos?

If they had done that, I don't believe this problem would have come to all those letters.

I would imagine that is the core of the problem.

Bingo! but why can't people police themselves?