SEMA Show NHRA Booth

stocker396 · 11-07-2014, 10:26 PM

My Post SEMA Rant.....One of the things that bothered me was that NHRA had a booth there,with stickers and membership stuff trying to promote their agenda,BUT NOT a mention of the Divisional or tickets for it or a flyer NOTHING! If they got just 10% of the crowd( most of which was there through the weekend) to go...that would be 10-15 THOUSAND spectators! Thats A Ton of exposure for us little guys! Come on NHRA figure it out!

Why is it with an exciting thing like a divisional going on in the same town, Those idiots dont know how to market and promote to a captive audience!

Adger Smith · 11-08-2014, 02:28 AM

They don't care about Divisional s. They sell the program to the track and provide Tech and div. director support. It is up to the individual track to promote divisional races. But you are correct about not promoting the best car show !!

Randall Klein · 11-08-2014, 06:07 AM

One possibility is that some show contracts have a stipulation to not divert attendees to another event ( mostly hospitality rooms ), or displays offsite

Jim Woods · 11-08-2014, 04:08 PM

Adger is 100% correct on his answer, same in nhra/ihra

Tom P · 11-10-2014, 08:11 PM

It baffled me too. It would have been really simple to have a poster or flyer with "This weekend" highlighted. There were lots of people from out of town who could have made it Friday if not on the weekend.

Even at the NHRA Breakfast on Wednesday morning they were promoting the Finals at Pomona but not the Vegas divisional.

Since Shumi's fueler was too long for the booth and stuck out at the ends it would have been easy to replace it with a couple smaller Sportsman cars. There were some in other booths, the Todd Veney and Kris Hool alky funny cars, Chris Holbrooks CobraJet stocker, a new maroon SS/A 69 Corvette.

Ed Fernandez · 11-10-2014, 11:53 PM

Was Tom Compton out front with a tin cup? Just wondering.

Bruce Noland · 11-11-2014, 10:57 AM

I used to visit the booth every year but finally tired of them showing the fuel cars blowing up and crashing on a continuous loop on monitors through out the booth. Always wondered what the fuel drivers thought about nhra serving up a relentless show of fuel car carnage at the show.

Superfan1 · 11-11-2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Was Tom Compton out front with a tin cup? Just wondering.

Ed, that's laugh out loud funny!

11-07-2014, 10:26 PM	#1
stocker396 Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Santa Fe TEXAS Posts: 109 Likes: 2 Liked 58 Times in 16 Posts	SEMA Show NHRA Booth My Post SEMA Rant.....One of the things that bothered me was that NHRA had a booth there,with stickers and membership stuff trying to promote their agenda,BUT NOT a mention of the Divisional or tickets for it or a flyer NOTHING! If they got just 10% of the crowd( most of which was there through the weekend) to go...that would be 10-15 THOUSAND spectators! Thats A Ton of exposure for us little guys! Come on NHRA figure it out! Why is it with an exciting thing like a divisional going on in the same town, Those idiots dont know how to market and promote to a captive audience!

11-08-2014, 02:28 AM	#2
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: SEMA Show NHRA Booth They don't care about Divisional s. They sell the program to the track and provide Tech and div. director support. It is up to the individual track to promote divisional races. But you are correct about not promoting the best car show !! __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS)

11-08-2014, 06:07 AM	#3
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: SEMA Show NHRA Booth One possibility is that some show contracts have a stipulation to not divert attendees to another event ( mostly hospitality rooms ), or displays offsite

11-08-2014, 04:08 PM	#4
Jim Woods Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: celina, ohio Posts: 623 Likes: 4 Liked 12 Times in 7 Posts	Re: SEMA Show NHRA Booth Adger is 100% correct on his answer, same in nhra/ihra __________________ Jim Woods

11-10-2014, 08:11 PM	#5
Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: SEMA Show NHRA Booth It baffled me too. It would have been really simple to have a poster or flyer with "This weekend" highlighted. There were lots of people from out of town who could have made it Friday if not on the weekend. Even at the NHRA Breakfast on Wednesday morning they were promoting the Finals at Pomona but not the Vegas divisional. Since Shumi's fueler was too long for the booth and stuck out at the ends it would have been easy to replace it with a couple smaller Sportsman cars. There were some in other booths, the Todd Veney and Kris Hool alky funny cars, Chris Holbrooks CobraJet stocker, a new maroon SS/A 69 Corvette.

11-10-2014, 11:53 PM	#6
Ed Fernandez Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NOO JOISEY nexta NOO YAWK Posts: 5,879 Likes: 38 Liked 100 Times in 45 Posts	Re: SEMA Show NHRA Booth Was Tom Compton out front with a tin cup? Just wondering. __________________ Former NHRA #1945 Former IHRA #1945 T/SA

11-11-2014, 10:57 AM	#7
Bruce Noland VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,855 Likes: 83 Liked 444 Times in 145 Posts	Re: SEMA Show NHRA Booth I used to visit the booth every year but finally tired of them showing the fuel cars blowing up and crashing on a continuous loop on monitors through out the booth. Always wondered what the fuel drivers thought about nhra serving up a relentless show of fuel car carnage at the show. __________________ Bruce Noland 1788 STK