Quick "BITCHING"

[Dave Ribeiro]

Jack,

The pro's would never pay their own way in the first place, so we don't have to worry about that.. Second, who would fill-in all the oil downs & slow times.... Third, how much more do you think the weekend racer can afford to pay... Forth , is who will they get to park their rigs in the fields ? Fifth, you are partially right, when you don't pay for anything, you don't need people collecting the money ...... Jack, as we know its not the same NHRA as it use to be, so lets leave at that ... You know how they have changed better than most !!!

The money part was based on winning a National or Points race today and 15-20 years ago, entry fees and the difference in money...Check it out ... We pay more and get less, am I wrong ?

You are wrong, racers did stop racing and will again when gas goes up to $4-5..Not everyone can afford all this Fun ... Time will tell, but I do think racers are traveling less even now ....I don't know about you but when there's not enough money to go around, I am not going to spend $ 200 -300 more to race NHRA, when I can travel less and race IHRA.... Plus, the double races are a great idea....

Jack, don't you think we should spread around some of that wealth from the Pro's to help the little guys ... Hah, Hah....

Maybe Washington will bail them out with a TARP deal.................. Happy Easter...........

[Dave Ribeiro]

Fast Johnny, ( Mr. Warehime )



You have a P M...................Dave,

[Julie Jordan]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Jack, if NHRA dumps Sportsmen from their national events they will lose their not-for-profit status. Ask your accountant about that.

No they wouldn't. They still sponsor divisional races, youth programs, scholarship programs, blah, blah, blah.

[Bruce Noland]

Julie,
They are paid to run divisional races. A non profit attorney from California (also an accountant) said they would have an awful lot of explaining to do to the IRS if they went Pro Show only. He had spent some time reading Wally's 5 page Charter.

[herbjr]

Originally Posted by Philip Saran

Maybe NHRA needs to rethink who they are charging the "new" enhanced fees
and look at the "PROS" as a new source of funds.

Lets see each Pro team has at least 10 crew members.....@ $85 each that is
an additional $850.00 per team.

The list could go on and on......

Just my $0.02 cents.

850 per team.
48 Teams qualify
14 Teams dont qualify lets say.
24 races a year.

1,264,800.00 Now that is stimulas.

[RJ Sledge]

How much do you think they make just doing "certifications"?

At the old rate of $75.00 per, it was $400,000.00 a year. Now it will be close to $1,000,000.00 a year. Plus they cut back the amount that the Tech's get and it all goes to HQ's. It would not surprise me if Stockers were the next in line for "Certifications" being mandatory.

R J Sledge

[Michael Beard]

"$200 isn't much", well let's just make it $300, or $400, or...

The US Postal Service ups stamps by a penny and complains that they are operating in the red. Shouldn't they just double stamps to $.84? Oh, wait, doubling isn't a big deal. They should just make it $1.20/stamp. ...right?

A cheap steak at the grocery store is $6. C'mon, who wouldn't pay $12 for a steak? That's not going to break anybody. ...right?

It's more than just the principle of the thing... it's the roots of rampant inflation that's going to hit in the coming years. NHRA's just the first straw.

[sohip]

Well a big part of the problem will be the wealthy suckasses that wont mind paying the rediculous price tag that Nhra has imposed upon us measly sportsman racers. It will be you people I blame for not uniting together for the principle. IT MUST BE NICE! Im stayin home !

[treessavoy]

The NHRA has hired four guys from the UFC, when you get to the track to race these guys mug you and take all your money before your allowed to race.
They turn you upside down and shake you until your wallet falls out, then they allow you to enter.

[Bob Pagano]

No no thats Guido and his brothers the bat boys from NJ