NHRA tax returns

Frank Castros · 01-21-2011, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

A lot of these guys paid their dues for decades, so they have a right to complain about being screwed.

There are two choices here. Allow the board to steal NHRA and sell it (they already tried) or run it into the ground, or the racers can try to get it back into the hands of people who care about racing, and try to save it.

There's no reason that people can't support the combo races AND support efforts to return NHRA to an organization that is for the racers, and not for the bank accounts of people sitting on the board of directors.

Alan,

Of course you and all the current competitors have the right to complain. But the current news is certainly not a surprise, is it? As a former racer I sincerely feel for you guys and I'm angry for you. Support your local ST/SS associations and encourage your local track operators to seek alternatives (IHRA?) The NHRA is run by bad people.

Alan Roehrich · 01-21-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Alan,

Of course you and all the current competitors have the right to complain. But the current news is certainly not a surprise, is it? As a former racer I sincerely feel for you guys and I'm angry for you. Support your local ST/SS associations and encourage your local track operators to seek alternatives (IHRA?) The NHRA is run by bad people.

It's not a surprise. We have the right, and the obligation, to do a lot more than complain. We were given a legacy by those who went before us, our sport. Our heroes and mentors, the participants, they built this sport, they built NHRA. And it has been taken from them, and from us. NHRA is run by people who love money, not the sport. That's wrong, and something needs to be done about it. It'd be a whole lot better and easier for the racers to take NHRA back than it would to start from scratch.

Frank Castros · 01-21-2011, 09:51 PM

Alan,
This is the forum. You have the passion.
Who else does? Jack Matyas, Jeff Teuton, Dwight Southerland?
What say you?

Alan Roehrich · 01-21-2011, 09:59 PM

Frank,
This forum is merely a means to organize, discuss, and to disseminate information. That is what will happen here, and it has happened, and will continue to happen. What must happen next will happen "out in the real world". Let's hope that it does happen.

Frank Castros · 01-21-2011, 10:08 PM

I hope with the passion of people like you that is does for the good of class racing. The grass roots of the sport of drag racing.

01-21-2011, 09:51 PM	#3
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,975 Likes: 2,599 Liked 2,727 Times in 961 Posts	Re: NHRA tax returns Alan, This is the forum. You have the passion. Who else does? Jack Matyas, Jeff Teuton, Dwight Southerland? What say you?

01-21-2011, 09:59 PM	#4
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,116 Likes: 1,573 Liked 1,832 Times in 415 Posts	Re: NHRA tax returns Frank, This forum is merely a means to organize, discuss, and to disseminate information. That is what will happen here, and it has happened, and will continue to happen. What must happen next will happen "out in the real world". Let's hope that it does happen. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S

01-21-2011, 10:08 PM	#5
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,975 Likes: 2,599 Liked 2,727 Times in 961 Posts	Re: NHRA tax returns I hope with the passion of people like you that is does for the good of class racing. The grass roots of the sport of drag racing.