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PRO STOCK TRUCK SUIT NEARING END!
 A couple of
Agent 1320’s
deepest and
most reliable
sources inside
both the NHRA
and Pro Stock
Truck camps
have confirmed
that the Pro
Stock Truck
Owners vs NHRA
law suit has
proceeded to
arbitration.
That means
the two sides
are going to
come to a monetary
agreement.
According
to the Agent’s
sources the
Pro Stock Truck
Owners are
asking for
$2-3 million
in damages.
NHRA’s
position is
they simply
don’t
have that kind
of money. According
to the Pro
Stock Truck
source, a simple
majority of
the PST owners
have to agree
to the numbers
and the suit
will be settled.
There had been
some speculation
that all of
the litigants
had to agree
to the settlement
for the case
to be closed
but evidently
that
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isn’t
the case.
According
to our sources,
the problem
with NHRA’s
case was they
couldn’t
give a reason
to the court
why they dropped
the class.
The results
the Agent believes
will come from
this, if the
sources are
right and the
suit indeed
is about to
be settled,
is 1) the Pro
Stock Bike
class will
be a class
forever; 2) Pro
Mod will never
be a class
and 3) NHRA
will never
ever add a
new class.
The Agent has
said this before
but it’s
worth repeating:
there will
be no real
winners in
this deal.
Everyone, fans,
racers and
sanctioning
bodies end
up losing. (DRO
file photo
by Jeff Burk) [9-10-2004]
CLEAR CHANNEL
IN COURT
Clear Channel
Communications,
the parent
company of
IHRA, could
soon be in
court. In a
story written
by Jeff Leeds
in the August
30, 2004 New
York Times,
a federal judge
ruled that
a Chicago area
motocross promoter
could go forward
with an antitrust
lawsuit against
Clear Channel
Communications
who also promote
motocross events. This
probably won’t
have any effect
on how Clear
Channel Communications
runs its IHRA
program, but
you just never
know for sure. [9-10-2004]
MORE SURGERY
FOR SHIRLEY
DRO has learned
that Shirley
Muldowney is
going to have
knee surgery
that will possibly
mean an artificial
knee joint.
Ms Muldowney
told DRO, “the
pain was so
bad that I
couldn’t
have gone another
year driving
the car. The
pain was just
too intense.
I’m really
looking forward
to the operation
and the opportunity
to be pain-free
for the first
time since
the accident
(in 1984).”
Muldowney
will have the
operation under
the supervision
of Dr. Terry
Trammell at
Methodist Hospital
in Indianapolis. [9-10-2004]
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