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Okay, here ya go! It's the old Speedwagon
driven by Dave Koehler. -- Burk
AS RODNEY DANGERFIELD SAYS.
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I could almost agree entirely with the latest
"Blast" if not for one issue... the complete
and utter lack of respect shown the average
sportsman racer. From the nazi director of
pit control who talks to you like you're gum
on his shoe, to the "ivory tower's" complete
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disregard
of the racers' opinions and/or concerns, there
is no reason we should be "grateful" to be
treated as we are most times. Yes, we get
to race at premier facilities but we do pay
for that privilege! They should at least show
us the same respect they show the paying customers
coming through the front gate.
Granted, the sportsman racers do not provide
a financial windfall to NHRA. But we sure
don't cost them anything either. And I think
your figures on cost are a little soft, too.
Entry fees alone are $200 for each and every
sportsman racer. Considering an event crew
pass is a minimum of $75. I'd bet the average
number of crew passes per entry is easily
1.5, you can see why I don't agree with your
financial totals.
Keep up the great thought provoking commentary!
Your deranged Super Class racing reader...
Greg Stanley
LAST SPORTSMAN COMMENT
Great article and dead on. First, let me
say I am a 35 year veteran of NHRA racing
and have ran SC for the last ten years in
division 3. I hope every sportsman racer in
the country who thinks NHRA National events
are their god-given right to run reads your
editorial.
NHRA can run national events without us and
from a purely business point would probably
be better off if they eliminated sportsman
racers from national events.
Last weekend because there were no NHRA races
we could attend, I and my driver went to the
IHRA race in Cordova. The race was very sportsman
friendly, well run, and paid well, yet all
the NHRA sportsman racers who tend to bitch
never showed up.
My suggestion to all the unhappy NHRA sportsman
racers would be race somewhere else or shut-up.
Bob Bommarito
