The IRS and NHRA, you gotta see this.

[Alan Roehrich]

I keep seeing people saying "the complaint was filed because someone thinks Tom Compton makes too much money".

That's a crock. Look, no one would give a damn if there were 10 people on the NHRA board of directors, each one making $1 million a year a piece, if NHRA were truly healthy, and being run properly, for the benefit of ALL of the membership.

[Rick Bailey]

Well said !

[Greg Hill]

The way NHRA operates can be traced back to at least 1981 when they had an illegal vote and took our voting rights as members away. Prior to that time I think a case could be made that they operated in a manner that generally benefited the members. Once they got control with no accountability their primary goal was to maximize revenue. When Dallas Gardner took over it became even more so and when Compton arrived it really got into high gear. In 1987 when they became a 501-C6 non profit according to the by-laws they still had 4 classes of members. Right now according to Linda Louie, their in house lawyer, they are a California mutual benefit corporation with no members. The 501 C6 status was granted in part because the IRS thought they were a membership based organization and were operating in the interests of the members.

I don't think many if any of you think the management of NHRA is operating in the bests interests of it's members. This needs to change. As a non profit company their primary responsibility needs to be doing what's best for the members not what's best for them personally. Until we get our voting rights back I don't see any of this changing.

[Sean Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

I keep seeing people saying "the complaint was filed because someone thinks Tom Compton makes too much money".

That's a crock. Look, no one would give a damn if there were 10 people on the NHRA board of directors, each one making $1 million a year a piece, if NHRA were truly healthy, and being run properly, for the benefit of ALL of the membership.

Completely agree, also with your previous post stating class racing could thrive. I tend to agree with this line of thinking.

Unfortunately, a big chunk of the guys you are trying to tell this to don't even unload their cars unless it's for an NHRA divisional or national event. These guys aren't going to hear anything but the sky is falling. Hopefully, when and if this stuff ever hits the fan, they will see past their own noses and race somewhere else.

[GarysZ24]

Sean,

You and all others who think like you are the reason I was happy and honored to be at the S.I.R. racer meeting/banquet last Saturday (in Tucson, because there racers have a chance to embrace a new option for their sanctioning dollar. If it happens, then NHRA is going to have some competition they haven't had out west here since the old AHRA days, and that will bring about some more focus on us sportsman class racers than we've been getting lately (especially if other tracks follow S.I.R.'s possible lead)? One can only hope.....

[Sean Kennedy]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Sean,

You and all others who think like you are the reason I was happy and honored to be at the S.I.R. racer meeting/banquet last Saturday (in Tucson, because there racers have a chance to embrace a new option for their sanctioning dollar. If it happens, then NHRA is going to have some competition they haven't had out west here since the old AHRA days, and that will bring about some more focus on us sportsman class racers than we've been getting lately (especially if other tracks follow S.I.R.'s possible lead)? One can only hope.....

I'm all for the IHRA, and I hope it goes well. We have a potential new track coming in the northwest and I really hope they look at the IHRA.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Sean Kennedy

I'm all for the IHRA, and I hope it goes well. We have a potential new track coming in the northwest and I really hope they look at the IHRA.

Well Sean, since S.I.R.'s an official IHRA track as of tomorrow morning, I'll be looking forward to what happens next out here in our half of the country? The rumor mill stated that several other tracks (like the one you speak of), were waiting for SIR to decide how they were going to go, and now we all know. I hope this is just the beginning of many transitions from national to international, because then it won't really matter so much what becomes of this IRS mess NHRA is involved in. I now know of a former NHRA (only) racer who's glad he had an option last year, because he won nearly $20,000 in cash and prizes as a result of winning his "No Box" national championship back in Va.!!!

[Greg Hill]

This thing is not going away. It is being picked by the mainstream media in a big way. Google NHRA and IRS and you will find out that the AP has picked this story up and it's all over the place. Some of the media outlets that are running the story are LA Times, San Jose Mercury, Amarillo Globe News, Indianapolis NBC affiliate, CNBC, San Diego Union Tribune, CBS Sports.com, Washington Times, Coos Bay World, ESPN.com,Charlotte Observer, Fox Sports.com, newser.com, Minneapolis-St.Paul Star Tribune, Forbes Magazine. How long will it be before some enterprising reporter really digs into this and finds out what the scoop is? This is really going to get interesting.

[Greg Hill]

An update on more media outlets picking up this story.USA Today,Greensboro News, abc news.com, Miami Herald, WBAY, Greenbay, North County Times in San Diego, Marin Independent Jouirnal, Bangor Daily News, Bloomberg News, Fresno Bee, Press of Atlantic City, Dayton Daily News, Columbia Daily Tribune, World News.com, NBC Sports.com, Gettysburg Times.

[BlueOval Ralph]

In any of the Tax returns has any picked up if NHRA is showing as Income or it value the Free Cars, Trucks, Trailers, Motorcycles, and any other products (radios & ect)? Next question is do they (NHRA) issue 1099 to the employess that have use of the vehicles (Cars & Trucks) ???????????????

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

This thing is not going away. It is being picked by the mainstream media in a big way. Google NHRA and IRS and you will find out that the AP has picked this story up and it's all over the place. Some of the media outlets that are running the story are LA Times, San Jose Mercury, Amarillo Globe News, Indianapolis NBC affiliate, CNBC, San Diego Union Tribune, CBS Sports.com, Washington Times, Coos Bay World, ESPN.com,Charlotte Observer, Fox Sports.com, newser.com, Minneapolis-St.Paul Star Tribune, Forbes Magazine. How long will it be before some enterprising reporter really digs into this and finds out what the scoop is? This is really going to get interesting.