NHRA regulates off track behavior.........

[Greg Hill]

When being in a TV show gets you banned from racing with Nhra there's something wrong.

[SSGT Mustang]

Originally Posted by SS Engine Guy

What the "state" takes away can be overturned by a higher court. All this "politically correct" BS is why we are even talking about this. And while studying up on the law keep in mind that you are only entitled to as much justice as you can afford.

I agree. Sad but true.

[Alan Roehrich]

This is real simple. There were people appearing on the show with NHRA class designations and NHRA competition numbers prominently displayed on their cars, and using their real names. NHRA told them that it was unacceptable to do so. NHRA is well within their rights to do so.

The solution is real simple, too. If you want to appear on the show, simply remove all of your class designations and competition numbers, as well as your name on the car if it is there, and don't use your real name.

I don't often agree with a lot of things NHRA does, but this is well within their rights. They have a right to choose who and what their "brand" is associated with. Like it or not, the competition number and class designation is part of their "brand".

[HR9121]

Alan you hit it dead on.

[Bob Mulry]

WOW...........................

I would take the numbers off of the car, but I happen to own my name......

How about this being the first step.......

Get a DUI, no racing.....

Get into a chargeable accident, no racing...........

People just don't get it.......

Celebrities’ are PAID to maintain a public image and have contracts that demand it....

Has NHRA paid you or have you signed a contract to allow them to regulate your conduct away from the track and withhold money if they wish?????????????/

As for NHRA numbers.....What do IHRA and other --RA numbers look like....

Maybe NHRA should have sent an announcement out that if you appear on a show that has national attention (good or bad) that any connection with NHRA should be eliminated???????????/

Spit in the street and turn in your NHRA license....

All I can say is that the ones who get it, get it and the ones that don't, don't………

WOW

[Tom Meyer]

Not that I condone street racing but to the common joe watching tv how does he know that a number on a car in OK means he races NHRA, or whatever body, Last time I checked I had to give Nhra cash to have that number, if I have a Nhra sticker on my street car and rob a bank will the come after me? I think they are using this wrong and should be saying come out to drag strip where there is safety but Nhra continues to try and get more and more from the racers, seat belts helmets and what ever else, these guys just said we will go play in some other sand box. Here is a response from Nhra on Hot Rod online. Tom

www.hotrod.com|By Thom Taylor

[Chris Barnes]

You have to have a valid driver's license to race so anything you do to lose that will keep you from racing.

[Alan Roehrich]

NHRA is an association that you join voluntarily, to participate in a hobby for your enjoyment. There are no "rights" associated with that, other than those you agree to when you sign up and pay your dues. Just like any other association of that type, they can tell you that they don't want you around based on your behavior. You do not have the "right" to make NHRA take your money, grant you membership, and allow you to compete.

If you think you have the "right" to force NHRA to accept you and your behavior regardless of their desires, you are the one who does not get it.

Again, if you think I'm a "fan boy" of NHRA, think again. I'm fairly well known for telling them exactly what I think, and where I think they are wrong, in person, on the phone, via email, and in public forums.

Oh, NHRA has nothing to gain from advertising on the show in question, and the last thing the show wants is to be "legitimized".

[Charlie Berner]

The show is all fake it is a scripted tv show! If you look they seem to be racing in a industrial park. Not on the street. They are drag cars not street cars. NHRA is pissed because more people watch that scripted show and not the one they try to script! If you watched fast and loud last year they sponsored top fuel car on the show! They talked about NHRA for 2 weeks. You think NHRA paid for that? I Bet they did! These show are advertising that how they make money. NHRA should work with this show then maybe people will think cars are cool again.

[Jared Jordan]

Well...the California Supreme Court has held that driving a motor vehicle on the public highways is a privilege, not a fundamental Constitutional right. I don't think you'll find too many lawyers that will argue with them about it. I don't know if other states are different, but I highly doubt it.

(Hernandez v. Department of Motor Vehicles (1981) 30 Cal.3d 70, 80–84, 177 Cal.Rptr. 566, 634 P.2d 917.)