NHRA Decisions

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

In defense of NHRA.if a person looks at NHRA as a business I can understand the decision they make for the overall for the good of their company I believe in most cases the decisions have been made looking at the overall picture , Keep in mind they have to make money in order to survive and provide a race for all of us .In some cases the decision is made for the good of the racers ,in some cases the decision is made for the good of NHRA and in some cases the decisions made for the good of the sponsors believe me they want to make money in all instances as In any decision made by NHRA it will not satisfy all of its customers

Actually, Don, since NHRA is a non profit, they don't have to MAKE money. They just can't afford to LOSE money. I understand many of their decisions as the cheap, easy way out, for the best short term profit margin, and the easiest to implement. The decision made is ALWAYS the best for their bottom line, if the racers gain any sort of benefit, then that's a bonus that they get to brag about.



Sorry, NHRA is supposed to be a non profit, taking care of its members and its focus, in this case, ALL of drag racing, but as is the case with many non profits, you have a few top level executives drawing an utterly exorbitant salary, a few people who are mid level making decent money for their position, and a ton of people who are barely above volunteers, taking money out of their pocket to support something that they love and believe in, most of whom are used and abused, far beyond what most of us would tolerate.


Sorry, Don, I appreciate your point of view. But I sincerely and completely disagree. NHRA has not acted in the best interest of all of drag racing in decades. NHRA has been focused on the short term bottom line, and ever increasing salaries and bonuses for the top level executives, for a long time. It got far worse when Wally Parks died, but it was already bad long before. I honestly wish that I was wrong. A non profit, originally founded to take care of its members, NHRA now takes care of its highest paying "customers", and its executives. Even the sponsors get the bare minimum.