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

Ed Wright · 02-20-2015, 12:07 PM

I can see both sides. If it discourages dumb-azzes from actually street racing, I'm with NHRA. Did I street race when I was a kid? Sure did. Had a 14 second '56 Chevy (wasn't an old car then ) not an 8 second car. I have seen enough of them get loose and tear stuff up, I have to wonder why they don't just go to the NHRA track at Noble for test & tune nights. Wouldn't seem all "outlaw" to them, I guess. Jeanie and I do enjoy watching them, and they really do have fast cars.

Bill Diehl · 02-20-2015, 12:54 PM

Might as well post it here since I posted on another site also......

This man gets it. Nice to see some common sense and intelligence in here with you and Nitro. These bashers are amusing though.....

Yes he does, but.....its slim pickens out there, so...why would ANYBODY pit one group of parts buyers against another?

I get their point, but their PR department is horrible! maybe they ought to, fire the whole dam crew and move them offices out of California and into the real world where they can see what the hell is going on? and capitalize upon it

House of Darts · 02-20-2015, 01:03 PM

Look at all the promos from the automotive industry about their new supercars. Does anyone think that you buy a fast car to go slow? Car after car doing burnouts. That visual sells cars. After market industries work hand in hand with the automotive manufacturers. They did it thru the 60's, 70's the smog days to present. How to you thinh NHRA got all the new AAA?,AA/,Al ? etc. stockers. Glendora didn't do it. NHRA does not offer alternatives to promote drag racing into a viable sport. Followers are not leaders. Selling dog food is not drag racing. This is big government in racing. Obviously NHRA doesn't know how staged "real life" shows are produced. Stick to what you know and do it better. If you don't what your doing then step aside.

j gardiner · 02-20-2015, 02:29 PM

This show has been on for almost two years.Why now are they sending out letters. Is it because the show is getting so popular? Are they that concerned about their mission statement? Or is it because they are competition? When IHRA was doing well a few years ago and a lot of the pro teams were crossing over and running IHRA. NHRA imposed a testing ban supposedly to save the teams money. Was that the reason or was it to prevent them from racing with their competitor.

02-20-2015, 12:07 PM	#1
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: NHRA regulates off track behavior......... I can see both sides. If it discourages dumb-azzes from actually street racing, I'm with NHRA. Did I street race when I was a kid? Sure did. Had a 14 second '56 Chevy (wasn't an old car then ) not an 8 second car. I have seen enough of them get loose and tear stuff up, I have to wonder why they don't just go to the NHRA track at Noble for test & tune nights. Wouldn't seem all "outlaw" to them, I guess. Jeanie and I do enjoy watching them, and they really do have fast cars. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

02-20-2015, 12:54 PM	#2
Bill Diehl Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 311 Likes: 2 Liked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: NHRA regulates off track behavior......... Might as well post it here since I posted on another site also...... This man gets it. Nice to see some common sense and intelligence in here with you and Nitro. These bashers are amusing though..... Yes he does, but.....its slim pickens out there, so...why would ANYBODY pit one group of parts buyers against another? I get their point, but their PR department is horrible! maybe they ought to, fire the whole dam crew and move them offices out of California and into the real world where they can see what the hell is going on? and capitalize upon it

02-20-2015, 01:03 PM	#3
House of Darts Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 346 Likes: 19 Liked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Re: NHRA regulates off track behavior......... Look at all the promos from the automotive industry about their new supercars. Does anyone think that you buy a fast car to go slow? Car after car doing burnouts. That visual sells cars. After market industries work hand in hand with the automotive manufacturers. They did it thru the 60's, 70's the smog days to present. How to you thinh NHRA got all the new AAA?,AA/,Al ? etc. stockers. Glendora didn't do it. NHRA does not offer alternatives to promote drag racing into a viable sport. Followers are not leaders. Selling dog food is not drag racing. This is big government in racing. Obviously NHRA doesn't know how staged "real life" shows are produced. Stick to what you know and do it better. If you don't what your doing then step aside.

02-20-2015, 02:29 PM	#4
j gardiner Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: waldorf Posts: 222 Likes: 14 Liked 55 Times in 29 Posts	Re: NHRA regulates off track behavior......... This show has been on for almost two years.Why now are they sending out letters. Is it because the show is getting so popular? Are they that concerned about their mission statement? Or is it because they are competition? When IHRA was doing well a few years ago and a lot of the pro teams were crossing over and running IHRA. NHRA imposed a testing ban supposedly to save the teams money. Was that the reason or was it to prevent them from racing with their competitor.

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