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Old 06-18-2008, 01:21 PM
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Drag Racing Internet Magazine - Torco Racing Fuel's Competition Plus.com - SMITH’S NEW BUELL REJECTED

Matt Smith gets permission to make a new Buell and then tells him it's not. Give me a break.
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Old 06-18-2008, 01:33 PM
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Re: One more case of NHRA ineptness...

Sounds like he didn't get anything in writing, so that's not going to help, and it's pretty evident that Buell didn't want the bike run anyway, which has nothing to do with NHRA.
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Old 06-18-2008, 01:34 PM
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I think they said something to the effect of "a letter of consideration doesn’t necessarily constitute approval of a part or design."

It sounds like if you blame NHRA, then you have to blame Harley and Buell also.
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Old 06-18-2008, 01:54 PM
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Drag Racing Internet Magazine - Torco Racing Fuel's Competition Plus.com - SMITH’S NEW BUELL REJECTED

Matt Smith gets permission to make a new Buell and then tells him it's not. Give me a break.
Where were you when the Gann Suzuki head was rejected? Same issue.
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Old 06-18-2008, 02:03 PM
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I find it rather interesting that the "association" granted, in writing to Dupuy and Amato, permission for them to run a new intake design a few years back and then when they saw it on the car, recinded said permission. Only after threats of legal action was the situation resolved.......the "association" granted free hospitality area set up for the next 18 months to Amato which, if calculated, probably amounted to a pretty good chunk of change. Did it offset the cost of the R&D involved....we'll probably never know the answer to that one. The expression "same old, same old" comes to mind.

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Old 06-18-2008, 02:17 PM
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Re: One more case of NHRA ineptness...

I don't think you can blame nhra on this one. I guess there are 2 lessons here

One, need to get everything in writing and two, slap a harley sticker on before asking anyone for approval
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I don't think you can blame nhra on this one.
Sure you can. You can blame them for everything.
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Old 06-18-2008, 04:04 PM
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Re: One more case of NHRA ineptness...

of course you can blame someone for everything but does the blame truely rest with them? If it is true that manufactures have the big say in this then its one them for bring afraid of competition and sadly on Matt for not getting it in writing and on video and a blood sample
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Old 06-18-2008, 07:06 PM
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Hey, you leave Pat Austin out of this!
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Old 06-18-2008, 07:21 PM
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Hey, you leave Pat Austin out of this!
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