Fuel ripoff

[John Warehime]

The manufacturer, or corporation etc., should pay us on the spot. We pay our entries up-front, and display the decals all year(or years). It's bad enough the payouts are low, but, to make us wait for a low payout is even worse.

[cambria]

The way they could do that is authorize IHRA or NHRA to be their verification agent at the time of the win for the decal and product.Now you have an official see the decal then you get the ring-around-the rosie treatment from the vendor with the receipt,the number and all that other happy horse****.And then after you supply all of that weeks or months later you may get the check.But this post was directed to fuel COST ripoff.Remeber the guy at Rockingham tells me the owners directed him to raise the price of fuel by 2.00 per gallon the week before the Finals.That is what frys me just plain ol pounding it into you the loyal racers because they can.That is why we need to buy fuel ahead of time and buy nothing at the track until they lower the prices.They should not get more than a dollar a gallon more than you can buy it for wholesale.

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by cambria

Will we get ripped off by the fuel suppliers at the tracks across the country? At Rockingham for the final they wanted 12.00 a gallon for fuel.This is a ripoff.The pump guy said he was told to raise the price of the Torco that was in the pumps 2.00 per gallon a few days before everyone came for the final but he didn't.If the part about raising it 2.00 just before we all came is true this is just wrong.The price of 12.00 for VP is wrong also.We should be treated fairly at these tracks and not gouged.Making 1.00 on a gallon is more than enough but 5.00 or 6.00 per gallon is robbery.If they try to stick it to us we need to get organized and bring our own fuel until they make the prices fair.We bought our own fuel last year and only purchased it when we had too because the prices were nuts.We need to stand up as a group to this kind of stuff.
IHRA jusat announced VP as the official fuel I hope whomever the distributor is charges a fair price especially now that gas prices are sinking fast.

I can't speak to Rockingham, but NED has the same price for fuel all season. National event or not. They didn't even change the gut buster special....which I was stunned to see at the same low low price of $10 if I recall correctly.

This would be an easy thing for the IHRA to dictate. Keep your fuel prices the same!

In my first season in stock, I made sure to call ahead, didn't want to run afoul of the fuel check if the track didn't have sunnoco blue.

I am looking forward to 09.

Eric
Stk 1883

[John Langer]

You want to get bent over, run C-25. Around 2 years ago I was paying $9.95 per gallon. This year I paid $14/gallon. I know it went up a few times since I bought it last February.

[cambria]

All a giant rip off.we have to stick together and stop buying from the gougers.

[Comp 798]

Paul..... How many times do you have to suggest, "get organized and stick together" before the only part of the message that gets a response is which fuel is better or where to buy. You know you have the correct idea but, sportsman racers have never heard it and organized. Good luck with that. Wish it could happen. I would support your effort.

By the way...... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family from the west coast. Freezing here, must be 65.

Sam Tufano

[cambria]

Sam it is like speaking to a jury.First you tell them what you are going to tell them.Then you tell them and then you tell them what you told them.One of these days sportsman racers are going to realize the power they have if they stick together.I don't mind shining the light on the path.