I have a sticker like that on my tool box....the caption says "Your Problem Is Obvious"

Hilarious!!!!!

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Don, you obviously have huge spot in your heart for this sport, and with the huge investment in your four teams you know the NHRA rule book better than the people who wrote it. That being said from the actions i have seen from Graham L., the last two being against you as the biggest, and the decline in competition it is obvious he lacks the quality of skills necessary to run the competition of NHRA. Where's Tom C. is he OK with action made against you, is he happy with the level that competition's at, organization's start at the top if it falters the rest will follow. After seeing what has happened here, I'm sure Kevin and Delana Harvick might be having second thoughts about investing into NHRA at this time.

This is not a pretty picture for this great sport.

Don, keep you head up and stay strong, you have the undivided support of 99% of the racers out here. GOD BLESS YOU.

My impression of this is that NHRA is acting like Bobby Knight (ex-Indiana and Texas Tech BB coach known for yelling at players and throwing chairs) and Don Schumacher is acting like a successful modern baseball coach such as Joe Torre or Terry Francona, who if they ever yell at their players, no one knows about it. And just to be clear, Francona and Torre have half the world Championships in the last 12 years between them. As someone said, this is a disagreement that none of us should have ever heard about and to be quite honest, I have no idea why NHRA handled it like this. They do not come out looking good and that is not good for their brand image.

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That picture sums this up, the NHRA has their collective heads up their rear end. The sport is truly lucky to have Don and his teams participating at the level they do. I can only hope the NHRA will come to their senses and rescind their penalty.

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I don't think Dim Light and Tom "Drunk" Compton have enough collective common sense between the two of them to even realize they've made a mistake, much less correct it.

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Buell's and Hardley's suck!

Don.
I'm at long time fan of yours, was at OCIR the Wednesday night you test the new cuda before draging it to Indy and ran the first six at the track. I was there when you took Barry Setzer's Vega for a ride mid-summer.

I back you 100% on this, and anything you feel is in the best interest of DSR.

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Man this is just a pantload of problems that seem to just get worse and worse! From the Fuel issue, to the track prep issue, to purse, to I-cards you name it! Has NHRA ever been soo disorganized as they are now?

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

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BINGO!!!!

Using NASCAR as an example, unless a violation was so strong that it endangered lives, no specifics concerning the incident and no decisions concerning penalties would be made until a day or two after the event was concluded. That gives the sanctioning body time to properly research the matter before putting their foot in their mouth and showing their @ss to the media.

For whatever reason, TPTB in Glendora seem to be very inept when it comes to dealing with the media. When Steve Johnson clearly won the U.S. Nationals, Graham went on TV and said 'our timing equipment never lies' and 'don't believe your eyes' but when something that doesn't effect the race happens such as this nitro situation, these guys want to be prosecutor, jury, and executioner before the TV production goes to bed.

Shame on NHRA's management. It's a good thing for them that the company is a not-for-profit organization because they would be kicked to the curb by stockholders in any other corporation.

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

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.

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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?

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.

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.