I feel so sorry for Kenny Bernstein! - Page 4

Billy Nees · 04-11-2009, 02:06 PM

NOT!! Poor Kenny apparently can't afford to race on his own dime anymore and the poor guy is going to have to pack it in if a new "Corporate Sponsor" can't be found! Many of you on here probably don't remember or know the great ironey in this.
Way back in the 80s Poor Kenny and Don Garlits were in a bit of a struggle over the direction that the PRO should be taking and it was "Corporate Kenny" vs "Car Guy Garlits" with the winner basically deciding which direction the future of Drag Racing was going to take. What the arguement all came down to was that Garlits wanted to make it a rule that you had to finish the race with the engine block that you qualified with and if you broke the block then you were done. His reasoning was very sound, if you had to save the block then you couldn't lean on it too hard which would save parts and money and keep the racing more affordable for all concerned. "Corporate Kenny" wanted to hang the cost and spend whatever it would take to win! Well, Kenny won control and costs went crazy and the rest is history. Fast forward to 2009 and the big corporations are leaving, Garlits is in a Stocker and NHRA wants the Sportsmen to bail them out. Oh yeah the Sportsmen, back in the 80s when the PRO and NHRA sided with "Corporate Kenny" NHRA decided to take the Sportsmens Proxey away so that we would have virtually no say at all in our sport! Now we get to bail them out. Now THAT'S ironey!

04-11-2009, 02:06 PM	#1
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,479 Likes: 3,577 Liked 7,636 Times in 1,724 Posts	I feel so sorry for Kenny Bernstein! NOT!! Poor Kenny apparently can't afford to race on his own dime anymore and the poor guy is going to have to pack it in if a new "Corporate Sponsor" can't be found! Many of you on here probably don't remember or know the great ironey in this. Way back in the 80s Poor Kenny and Don Garlits were in a bit of a struggle over the direction that the PRO should be taking and it was "Corporate Kenny" vs "Car Guy Garlits" with the winner basically deciding which direction the future of Drag Racing was going to take. What the arguement all came down to was that Garlits wanted to make it a rule that you had to finish the race with the engine block that you qualified with and if you broke the block then you were done. His reasoning was very sound, if you had to save the block then you couldn't lean on it too hard which would save parts and money and keep the racing more affordable for all concerned. "Corporate Kenny" wanted to hang the cost and spend whatever it would take to win! Well, Kenny won control and costs went crazy and the rest is history. Fast forward to 2009 and the big corporations are leaving, Garlits is in a Stocker and NHRA wants the Sportsmen to bail them out. Oh yeah the Sportsmen, back in the 80s when the PRO and NHRA sided with "Corporate Kenny" NHRA decided to take the Sportsmens Proxey away so that we would have virtually no say at all in our sport! Now we get to bail them out. Now THAT'S ironey! __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm OK..........it's everybody else.