A subject for discussion on a winter's day.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

A number of years ago, then NHRA President Compton was in discussions with someone about splitting the NHRA Sportsmen away from the pros. I guess that the idea was to turn the pro part of the program into a "for profit" business and keep the Sportsmen as "not-for-profit".
Can anyone out there shed any more light on this? How close did this come to being a reality? Do you think that we (the NHRA Sportsmen) would have been any better or worse off had this come about?

I'm just asking questions here.

The value of the sportsman is huge .
1.Over 300 to 500 Sportsman cars in The pits
2.The entry fee paid to NHRA way in advance helps pay payroll
3.The actual Presents of having the amount of Sportsman in the pits to show to fans a happening is going on with the actual amount of race cars there.
4 Can everyone imagine in the pits only 60 to 70 pro cars in the pits how
that would look to Paying specatators who are there for the overall
show ?
5.The amount of money spend for Manufactures products sold to sportsman
6.The amount of NHRA membership fees sent to NHRA
7.The support people at NHRA Corp level would go down in time so some
of the decision makers at NHRA that thinks Sportsman are not needed
would lose their jobs
8.All the Advertising money that companies spend to sell to all people involved
to fans, racers would diminished cause no ROI
9.If sportsman were eliminate from national event s where would the purse come from at that race to pay the Pros?
10.I think that if an accountant at a company would look at where the
money is coming from and knew nothing about classes would say the
3 to 4 million coming in from the sportsman a year is pretty good cash flow
11.Sportsman help create a happening in the pits for sure
12.The sportsman help the flow of a Racing continue in between the pros
runs offering a continuing version of race action all the whole day