Nitrogate......The Don answers!

[Doug]

Gee, I wonder what Wally (GodSpeed) would think of the situation that Light's Out and Compton have caused.......

You know, that's exactly what I've been thinking.

 

[Alan]

kicked to the curb

And if Bruton does indeed purchase NHRA, I would hope that is one of the first moves that he makes. Bring in his own management.

 

[JL]

Has PRO ever entertained the idea of buying the proessional NHRA series? For Racers, By Racers! Some of the brightest business minds are there. (Don, KB, JF, Snake and Powers...)

Is $120M a bad investment?

 

[Rumblebones]

Don touched on a bigger ages-old NHRA problem, the lack of communication and the "we're right, your wrong" attitude by NHRA officials. This is nothing new about the NHRA. Just ask Don Garlits. (Since Tom Compton came along, it now involves sums of money when your told your wrong.)

Don should get the ear of some of the current major players like Evan Knoll and Bruton Smith etal. and perhaps some members of the IHRA and start a new Professional Drag Racing Organization (PDRO)- kinda like what Tony George did with Indy cars (IRL). The NHRA has become stale and lack imagination on the professional level.

 

[luxexpress]

Has PRO ever entertained the idea of buying the proessional NHRA series? For Racers, By Racers! Some of the brightest business minds are there. (Don, KB, JF, Snake and Powers...)

Is $120M a bad investment?

Sounds good, but certainly didn't work too good for CART/Champ/etc. I think you need a third body to run the organization, but it helps if they know what the hell they are doing.

 

[willy]

What bothers me the most is the arrogance displayed by NHRA.

As was said earlier..the hammer down before all the facts, along with the display on TV..leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

 

[sammi]

Sometimes in life it becomes painfully obvious that a change of careers would be the best thing for all parties involved. The evidence is damning. Mediocre TV deal(motorcycles in an empty stadium preempting an NHRA broadcast), pitifully low professional purses, poor race day management of facilities and now executives making potentially actionable remarks on TV. Compton and Light would serve the drag racing community best by gracefully leaving.

Mark

 

[Dave]

Just had a thought. With all of the talk about Bruton and others buying NHRA, why doesn't Don Schumacher buy it? His teams are successful, his business is successful. I think Don knows how to make money and keep folks happy.

Thoughts anybody?

Dave

 

[The Mayor]

Ron Capps Appearance saturday

Ron will be at waterford Michigan NAPA store 11 am. See you there

 

[PJ]

I think a 3rd party needs to govern the psort, the teams pooling up and doing it could get ugly. It's always hard to police yourself while trying to get the advantage on your competitors

 

[Ranger]

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
Abraham Lincoln

 

[none]

All of this has a really bad smell
I especially dislike the rule written by the NHRA that parks any competitor "arrogant" enough to commence litigation...........

 

[jpee]

Can someone please tell me how much "Racing" or racing experience >>Compton and Light<< have?

Did they ever compete, and if so at what level? Thanks sorry for my ignorance re: those two, but I cant find anything...

Sorry I just Googled him, and found his "Bio" written by "National Dragster"

 

[Nitrohelper]

Can someone please tell me how much "Racing" or racing experience >>Compton and Light<< have?

Compton had none, Graham drove top fuel cars ,and managed a race track before he started with NHRA.

 

[stanman]

Can someone please tell me how much "Racing" or racing experience >>Compton and Light<< have? ...

None and not enough!!

They are both obviously lacking in any real supervisory/managerial skill training!

 

[shoe]

I hope you can trust me. The barrels were up stairs in the trailer. We showed them to the NHRA officals when they asked about the drums

 

[Joker]

I hope you can trust me. The barrels were up stairs in the trailer. We showed them to the NHRA officals when they asked about the drums

Don, did they see them come in or did someone tell them they were there? Or do you even know how they knew?

 

[Alan]

I hope you can trust me. The barrels were up stairs in the trailer. We showed them to the NHRA officals when they asked about the drums

No reason not to trust you, you've always been forthcoming with all of us here.

Don, did they see them come in or did someone tell them they were there? Or do you even know how they knew?

I smell a rat....

 

[cephus]

Don

i still wanna drive for you, don't give up tha ship

Bama Boyz

 

[clwill]

None and not enough!!

They are both obviously lacking in any real supervisory/managerial skill training!

While racing experience would be nice, I think you hit the nail on the head with the lack of leadership, supervisory, management skills. This incident, and the poor way it was handled, is just the latest indication.

As even the very newest manager knows, a key rule is: compliment in public, criticize in private. Why they would even consider levying a six-digit fine without some due process and the utmost decorum is beyond me.