So does this mean NHRA will finally be releasing that report we were promised 2 years ago?
If NHRA had to pay out to Julie wouldn't it show on their tax filings for the end of the year?
Now that, that is settled maybe goodyear will come up with a new tire that can stand up to todays t/f, f/c requirements
Or maybe Goodyear says kiss my weenie and withdraws from drag racing altogether. Maybe they'll decide it's no longer viable to make a profit from the sport and with the threat of lawsuits hanging over their head with each run, adios. Folks bet zillions that Michelin would not leave Formula One.
Lastly, I hope one provision of the settlement was a restraining order, mandating that Julie Russell stay away from any NHRA sanctioned track and any licensed NHRA competitor so that we may never have to see her again. You got what you wanted Julie, cold hard cash ... now go the hell away.
Hey Chris, F___ YOU!!!
I'm truly sorry there is this split between the "Russell family" and Julie but no matter what, Darrell loved her and she was HIS wife!!! That fact can never be changed!
You CAN'T imagine what she's gone thru and I think you're an ass for typing that last paragraph!!!
Darrell was also a brother and a son....and it's a well known fact that the Russell family wanted nothing to do with this law suit....Does that mean there pain was any less?? Does that mean they loved him any less?? All this lawsuit did was drag on the grieving process
Darrell was also a brother and a son....and it's a well known fact that the Russell family wanted nothing to do with this law suit....Does that mean there pain was any less?? Does that mean they loved him any less?? All this lawsuit did was drag on the grieving process
Methinks this lawsuit settlement is two-fold. First, you don't want a sympathetic widow going in front of a jury, especially against 2 big, bad corporations like NHRA and Goodyear that made her husband race on a bad tire against his will, which is surely how Julie's lawyers would have presented the case.
Secondly, the NHRA needed this lawsuit out of the way to move the sale to HDP ahead. Why not dump a couple of million (guesstimate) towards Julie so you can make 100 million on the back-end of the sale to HDP?
Lastly, I hope one provision of the settlement was a restraining order, mandating that Julie Russell stay away from any NHRA sanctioned track and any licensed NHRA competitor so that we may never have to see her again. You got what you wanted Julie, cold hard cash ... now go the hell away.
Mike you are correct except your last line.
Maybe this is what she needed for HER grieving process. I'm not diminshing Darrell's "blood family's" situation; I just felt it assinine to treat Darrell's "marrige family" like CC did!
JMHO
Methinks this lawsuit settlement is two-fold. First, you don't want a sympathetic widow going in front of a jury, especially against 2 big, bad corporations like NHRA and Goodyear that made her husband race on a bad tire against his will, which is surely how Julie's lawyers would have presented the case.
Secondly, the NHRA needed this lawsuit out of the way to move the sale to HDP ahead. Why not dump a couple of million (guesstimate) towards Julie so you can make 100 million on the back-end of the sale to HDP?
Lastly, I hope one provision of the settlement was a restraining order, mandating that Julie Russell stay away from any NHRA sanctioned track and any licensed NHRA competitor so that we may never have to see her again. You got what you wanted Julie, cold hard cash ... now go the hell away.