Houston Sportsman cancelled

Jeff Teuton · 04-30-2013, 12:25 PM

Keep the trophy. Since the Ford Family originated cheating at Golf, you can keep that one too. I guess that is why my guys got the Honest Golfer award?

Jeff Stout · 04-30-2013, 12:46 PM

If everyone would ban together and not go to the second Houston event this year it would make a good statement and hurt the one track that appears to be hurting sportsman racing.

Toyotakid · 04-30-2013, 01:04 PM

It is not surprising to me they made this decision. What is surprising to me is that the racers continue to deal with this kind of treatment. The ENTIRE national event series is paid for on the backs of sportsman racer. You dont actually think we need a $105 dollar per racer insurance binder do you? NO! It is silly, when the racers finally get fed up and they unite and realize the power that they actually hold then and only then will they change ... I enjoy drag racing and the folks I meet and race at the track THAT is the only thing that keeps me coming back.

Scott K.

Austin Ford · 04-30-2013, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Keep the trophy. Since the Ford Family originated cheating at Golf, you can keep that one too. I guess that is why my guys got the Honest Golfer award?

Is that your way of asking to be on my team next year Jeff?

skills · 04-30-2013, 02:13 PM

As a fan you know the people that nhra supposedly care about. First I will say sorry to all the racers from this last weekend in texas what ashame to see how you were treated. Second I attend englishtown every year for three days so I can get as much sportsmen racing as possible. Nhra assumes that all we care about is fuel, I understand that is what is on tv. If sportsmen had a quality tv show I believe the sportsmen ratings would be higher. Look at the show pass time and how many people have watched it. Maybe we need to ban together and fix this problem.

Jeff Teuton · 04-30-2013, 03:59 PM

Austin, next year I will go with my team, but will be for hire for anyone, as a professional social director. My guys do not have the 3 C's; Class Cooth and Culture; but yall don't either.

Austin Ford · 04-30-2013, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Austin, next year I will go with my team, but will be for hire for anyone, as a professional social director. My guys do not have the 3 C's; Class Cooth and Culture; but yall don't either.

LOL, I guess we're not so different then.

I look forward to sharing another drink with you soon Mr.Teuton!

Ed Carpenter · 04-30-2013, 09:07 PM

Here the response I got from Royal Purple

Mr. Carpenter,

Thank you for your email and appreciate your feedback pertaining to the recent NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. We understand there will be individuals who did not like the decision to cancel the sportsman series but this decision was made by NHRA, not Royal Purple or the owners of the track. Due to the event being televised live by ESPN, NHRA determined it was in their best interests to cancel all eliminations for the sportsman racers.

Thank you again for taking the time to reach out to us and our hope is that you will continue to be a Royal Purple fan not only because our products outperform other lubricants in the market, but that you want the best racing oils to help you outperform the competition.

Sincerely,

Randy

Randy Fisher

Marketing Director

Bill Bogues · 04-30-2013, 09:26 PM

It looks to me like division 4 ought to have a class racers association to put on a few races during the year to give people an alternative place to race instead of having to put up with what we went through at Houston. I know we try to run as many Ihra races as we can but it"s just not the same due to not having as many of your friends there racing with you.There is a number of associations in the midwest and northeast; why can't we have something like that down here in division 4. Just a thought.

Jim Wahl · 04-30-2013, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by deuces wild

Here the response I got from Royal Purple

Mr. Carpenter,

Thank you for your email and appreciate your feedback pertaining to the recent NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. We understand there will be individuals who did not like the decision to cancel the sportsman series but this decision was made by NHRA, not Royal Purple or the owners of the track. Due to the event being televised live by ESPN, NHRA determined it was in their best interests to cancel all eliminations for the sportsman racers.

Thank you again for taking the time to reach out to us and our hope is that you will continue to be a Royal Purple fan not only because our products outperform other lubricants in the market, but that you want the best racing oils to help you outperform the competition.

Sincerely,

Randy

Randy Fisher

Marketing Director

Really? That's it? Screw Royal Purple! I wouldn't use RP even if the only other oil company was Quaker State!! What a bunch of BS. That's supposed to satisfy the racers? Really? RP lubed you guys up and NHRA stuck it in and broke it off. But you guys just keep going back ya'hear cause there are more enhancements ahead. The term "more money than sense" keeps running through my mind. Jim

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04-30-2013, 12:25 PM	#1
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled Keep the trophy. Since the Ford Family originated cheating at Golf, you can keep that one too. I guess that is why my guys got the Honest Golfer award? __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

04-30-2013, 12:46 PM	#2
Jeff Stout VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: phoenix Posts: 1,486 Likes: 66 Liked 704 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled If everyone would ban together and not go to the second Houston event this year it would make a good statement and hurt the one track that appears to be hurting sportsman racing.

04-30-2013, 01:04 PM	#3
Toyotakid Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Anaheim Hills, California Posts: 45 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled It is not surprising to me they made this decision. What is surprising to me is that the racers continue to deal with this kind of treatment. The ENTIRE national event series is paid for on the backs of sportsman racer. You dont actually think we need a $105 dollar per racer insurance binder do you? NO! It is silly, when the racers finally get fed up and they unite and realize the power that they actually hold then and only then will they change ... I enjoy drag racing and the folks I meet and race at the track THAT is the only thing that keeps me coming back. Scott K. __________________ Scott Kelley 9.57 @ 146.67 2008 Sport Compact Driver of the Year

04-30-2013, 02:13 PM	#5
skills Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hershey,pa Posts: 187 Likes: 0 Liked 8 Times in 1 Post	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled As a fan you know the people that nhra supposedly care about. First I will say sorry to all the racers from this last weekend in texas what ashame to see how you were treated. Second I attend englishtown every year for three days so I can get as much sportsmen racing as possible. Nhra assumes that all we care about is fuel, I understand that is what is on tv. If sportsmen had a quality tv show I believe the sportsmen ratings would be higher. Look at the show pass time and how many people have watched it. Maybe we need to ban together and fix this problem.

04-30-2013, 03:59 PM	#6
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled Austin, next year I will go with my team, but will be for hire for anyone, as a professional social director. My guys do not have the 3 C's; Class Cooth and Culture; but yall don't either. __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

04-30-2013, 09:07 PM	#8
Ed Carpenter Live Reporter Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dripping Springs, Tx Posts: 2,709 Likes: 186 Liked 520 Times in 132 Posts	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled Here the response I got from Royal Purple Mr. Carpenter, Thank you for your email and appreciate your feedback pertaining to the recent NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. We understand there will be individuals who did not like the decision to cancel the sportsman series but this decision was made by NHRA, not Royal Purple or the owners of the track. Due to the event being televised live by ESPN, NHRA determined it was in their best interests to cancel all eliminations for the sportsman racers. Thank you again for taking the time to reach out to us and our hope is that you will continue to be a Royal Purple fan not only because our products outperform other lubricants in the market, but that you want the best racing oils to help you outperform the competition. Sincerely, Randy Randy Fisher Marketing Director __________________ Ed Carpenter 2005 Chevy Cobalt A/SM Race Engine Development

04-30-2013, 09:26 PM	#9
Bill Bogues Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bethany La. Posts: 323 Likes: 96 Liked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Re: Houston Sportsman cancelled It looks to me like division 4 ought to have a class racers association to put on a few races during the year to give people an alternative place to race instead of having to put up with what we went through at Houston. I know we try to run as many Ihra races as we can but it"s just not the same due to not having as many of your friends there racing with you.There is a number of associations in the midwest and northeast; why can't we have something like that down here in division 4. Just a thought. __________________ Bill Bogues 4696 STK Last edited by Bill Bogues; 04-30-2013 at 09:32 PM.