Strange Engineering/NHRA dispute

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Originally Posted by Jim Craig

From my (a manufacturer) standpoint....the decal is not "everything". While it is located in that sea of decals you have on your car and the customer sort of sees it, that's great.....but what's "everything" is that you the racer, or builder offer that positive feedback to the inquiring spectator on what components make you successful -- hopefully the ones used on your vehicle and you do have that decal displayed. Word of mouth is what sells components, you being successful results in other racers looking to you for guidance / advice, I doubt that other racers even look at your decals.......

Maybe the word "everything" was too strong. But basically you just repeated the rest of my post.

I have had manufacturers that don't post with the NHRA but know that I run their product ask me to display their decals. So, I know that the decal is VERY important to some. I also know that a lot of companies love to see their logo on TV and in print. I am also sure that they don't give me logo T-shirts just because they feel sorry for me!

Do you guys pay if the decal isn't present?