The IRS and NHRA, you gotta see this.

Alan Roehrich · 01-20-2011, 10:02 PM

This is not about how much the board make, folks. It's not about the fact the NHRA makes a profit. It's about how the organization is structured and how it operates.

Read the brief/complaint as it was filed, and remember that the guy who filed it, held the job of the woman who the complaint was filed with, for ten years. He's not just "taking a shot", he knows what he's doing.

RacingRicki · 01-20-2011, 10:46 PM

Sounds like maybe Mr. Anonymous is looking to cash in with the IRS under their whistle blower policy.

Alan Roehrich · 01-20-2011, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RacingRicki

Sounds like maybe Mr. Anonymous is looking to cash in with the IRS under their whistle blower policy.

Somehow I doubt it.

RacingRicki · 01-20-2011, 11:46 PM

Really. What else could motivate someone to file such a complaint.

Chad Rhodes · 01-20-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RacingRicki

Really. What else could motivate someone to file such a complaint.

a disgruntled racer perhaps?

Alan Roehrich · 01-20-2011, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RacingRicki

Really. What else could motivate someone to file such a complaint.

Seriously?

Have you looked closely and carefully at how NHRA has been run for the last 30 years or so?

You think monetary compensation is the only reason anyone would want to see something done about that?

novassdude · 01-21-2011, 12:43 AM

My hope is that the outcome of the investigation results in a changing of the guard back to people that are doing it for the love of the sport.

If it were to be deemed a for profit who would become the owner?

RacingRicki · 01-21-2011, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Seriously?

Have you looked closely and carefully at how NHRA has been run for the last 30 years or so?

You think monetary compensation is the only reason anyone would want to see something done about that?

No I don't; but I am just surprised that it took someone 30 yrs. to do something. (I realize that this probably isn't the first time someone has tried to bring it to light in a serious manner; but most of the time people are content in just complaining about it - me included).

Alan Roehrich · 01-21-2011, 09:32 PM

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No I don't; but I am just surprised that it took someone 30 yrs. to do something. (I realize that this probably isn't the first time someone has tried to bring to light in a serious manner; but most of the time people are content in just complaining about it - me included).

Sometimes it takes a while to pile that last straw on the camel's back. Evidently, after taking advantage of racers for years, they've finally reached the limit of some guys. Actually, a lot of guys. There are people not racing, there are people only going to combo races, and there are people selling all their stuff and going fishing, hunting, camping, bowling, or golfing.

I notice people seem to want to attribute this to one person in particular. There might be one person leading it in name, but if I were a betting man, I'd be willing to bet there are more than a couple of people behind the guy who went to see the lawyer.

A lot of the hard core racers from back in the day are watching their legacy disappear. Guys who are younger (I'm almost 50 now, and I'm a relative youngster) who know those guys are tired of seeing their friends and mentors pushed aside and driven from the sport. I know I'm sick of it, they've stolen the sport from guys I grew up watching, and I'm watching people I know who could and would still be out there racing parking and/or selling their stuff. Those guys lived this stuff all of their lives, and now the sport they love, what they live for, has been taken from them, for money.

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Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,113 Likes: 1,571 Liked 1,821 Times in 413 Posts	Re: The IRS and NHRA, you gotta see this. This is not about how much the board make, folks. It's not about the fact the NHRA makes a profit. It's about how the organization is structured and how it operates. Read the brief/complaint as it was filed, and remember that the guy who filed it, held the job of the woman who the complaint was filed with, for ten years. He's not just "taking a shot", he knows what he's doing. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S Last edited by Alan Roehrich; 01-20-2011 at 10:05 PM.

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novassdude Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: usa Posts: 752 Likes: 204 Liked 136 Times in 49 Posts	Re: The IRS and NHRA, you gotta see this. My hope is that the outcome of the investigation results in a changing of the guard back to people that are doing it for the love of the sport. If it were to be deemed a for profit who would become the owner?