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Certainly a lot of negativity towards the "drags" on here.
When i am sitting at the WSID in a couple of weeks for the Summernationals, i will joined AGAIN by a PACKED house. You can actually see some overtaking in the drags. |
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They were offered from memory a o 500k per year naming rights sponsor o 5 year free to air television deal fully funded with a 2 hour program the week directly after an event o PR and Media training and Management services o A National Series racing season inside a yearly calendar o Series prize money o Revenue for team owners via multiple sources including official series merchandise, sanction fees (bet you love that word), event sponsors o etc etc etc It’s a while ago but I am sure I read somewhere that it also retuned ownership of the sport to those that have the biggest stake in it, the competitors. I am pretty sure though with your love of everything ARDC/ THE CREEK your brain has long been washed with the same rubbish the Sydney and Perth strips used to keep their bony fingers around the sport of drag racings throat. Here is something for you to consider, the NHRA which is the daddy of Drag Racing is now running all meetings to 1000feet (in part because of Scott Kalliitas death). The gun held to the sports head by the peanut in Adelaide and the 2 circus promoters was that they had the only tracks suitable to run group 1 racing. If OZ wanted to all racing here could run 1000 feet, this would bring another 20+ drag strips into play around the country and take away your mate’s next doors single card to hold everyone to ransom. Considering that most of the technical and tune advice comes from the NHRA and tuning to 1000 feet is very different to that of a quarter mile, this is a very real possibility. Now, nearly 18 months after virtually all top group1 competitors were signed up but denied the opportunity to become professional, where is their sport? Do they have a series sponsor? No. Just the same three ring circus is in place and the DRDF is universally hated by competitors as they are worse off than before. All things come to an end eventually and hopefully for my friends involved and the many other good people in drag racing, the current tyrannies demise is not too far away. P.S I could have just said "DRT blow it out your freckle because as usual you have no idea of what your are gibbering about". But that would be impolite. |
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I like this post better baz. I see there are only 16 Top Fuelers turning up for events in the US at the moment (not full fields) mainly due to the economic downturn. Sad but understandable.
Anyway, back to Stevens, or moreso his sponsors, wonder how many teams from various Motorsport disciplines are 'pitching' to them right now? |
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Bazil, if the offer (and benefits stated in your post) was in return for handing over total control and rights to the series, I can imagine why there was resistance from the promoters/ management.
Also if there was so much support from the competitors et al, than what was stopping a revolt or breakaway ? Finally, please correct me if I am wrong (memory struggles) but wasn't the new proposal for the elite draggers only? What about the little guys who have kept local drag racing alive for all these years. The WRC is a good example and look where they are these days. |
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For all those emailing and PMing (that can't be a word) me regarding rumours etc. I have no intention of spreading those rumours any further. They may or may not be true I have no idea, it's just that this particular rumour or a corruption on it has reached me from at least half a dozen different sources all from within the V8 circus over the past few years. One swears blind to have been witness to the alleged incident.
All I'll say is if true and if some evidence can be found then it's a front page tabloid classic. Point is in my line of work I have people coming up to me almost every day and offering some kind of outrageous rumour that "you can use on the show" of course you can't use any of them and most are little better than bizarre conspiracy theories from rabid V8 fans looking to bad mouth their chosen opposition side. The thing is to tar an entire form of the sport based on the ALLEGED actions of one or two individuals is very dangerous. As far as the health of Drag racing is concerned as some people have pointed out crowds are pretty good, they keep signing new sponsors and they are on not one, but two FTA TV outlets as well as pay. I'm sure if the Shannons' Nationals could get even a quarter of the crowd that went out to Calder a couple of weeks back for a very average meeting then they'd be delirious. BTW Brett Stevens and Victor were both down at Calder and sharing a garage, looked pretty cordial to me. |
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It’s not about if Brett’s guilty or not it’s about clarity of the sports position and view about a major community problem that is throwing a poor shadow over their sport. Correct stance by ANDRA today ( only after immense pressure from many angles) but does nothing to cover up its incompetence at the very top and the unsavory alliance's it has established to run the sport. |
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They aren't left with much room for further punishment if he is found not guilty, that's the only point I was making. If he was a Super Street competitor, would this thread exist and would ANDRA (or CAMS, or the national snowboarding body for that matter) make any mention of one of their members at a "non-professional" level being charged, and yet to be found guilty?
No trouble agreeing that it's not a good look as all racers are tarred with the same brush from the general uninformed public's point of view. A world record holder in the pool was recently outed as a pot smoker, a two paragraoh apology was enough to maintain his golden child appearance. Interesting hey! Maybe ANDRA could have revoked all licences of people involved until the matter was decided in court. |
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Never met him but with Bazil here ........... about time ANDRA reacted and would expect CAMS to do the same if faced with a similar situation (but do it quicker). Look at it this way -- if a formula vee competitor didnt have the money but then made and sold enough drugs to step up to Aussie Bernie's v8s, won BAthurst then got caught you'd all want him thrown out....its cheating just another way.......
suspending it all is good -- now let the courts decide the rest about BS being innocent or guilty ps; Phelps lost Kellogs for his bonging on, no more free cornflakes or $$$$$$$ |
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