NHRA Selling NITRO??????

#16 07-30-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PJ Sapienza

Who has a better interest in making sure there is enough nitro and distributor or the sanctioning body that needs it to survive? Perhaps it may not be a bad idea if NHRA did sell it. The big question would be how much would they charge? If they do it for a fair price, making it cheaper for the racers and turn a small profit that ideally goes back into the sport then it may be something to look into.

THERE IS NO NITRO SHORTAGE....(comp plus.-Jim O, et al)
Tom & Graham do nothing out of the goodness of thier hearts.
(the pathetic purse icrease should be proof enough!)
Those *******s will try and milk this deal UNLESS public outcry is heard.

NHRA in the parts business not good...what next a crankshaft official supplier...then a shortage...then NHRA selling cranks etc....PLEASE!!!!

#17 07-30-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Weiss

The IHRA is selling nitro to the racers, so I'm not surprised that NHRA will do also. However, VP paid big bucks to be the ONLY supplier at the NHRA.
Will NHRA break the contract? My question is how the NHRA can get two containers from China and VP can't?

Paul Weiss

I thought that was covered last month, something about not paying the bills or something like that!

#18 07-30-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Dreher

THERE IS NO NITRO SHORTAGE....(comp plus.-Jim O, et al)
Tom & Graham do nothing out of the goodness of thier hearts.
(the pathetic purse icrease should be proof enough!)
Those *******s will try and milk this deal UNLESS public outcry is heard.

NHRA in the parts business not good...what next a crankshaft official supplier...then a shortage...then NHRA selling cranks etc....PLEASE!!!!

Kevin, is it possible you took two of the red ones this morning instead of three blue ones?

Brian

#19 07-30-2008, 07:10 PM

I don't see VP throwing too much of a fit if they lose the Nitro supply end of the "Official Supplier" contract. If I remember right from what was posted earlier, didn't they get the contract to supply the main fuels to the NHRA and then get told by NHRA that they had to include Nitro also? It would probably be a relief to get out from under this problem for them. Not saying they are blameless for this mess, or that NHRA has a good idea, just trying to remember how they got involved in the Nitro supply end of it to start with.

#20 07-30-2008, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Lohnes

Kevin, is it possible you took two of the red ones this morning instead of three blue ones?

Brian

you dont see my point brian....
go to comp plus...in the new news section...and read the politics artical.
....get back to us...ok....
actually took an orange wilma and a puple barney this am!

#21 07-31-2008, 01:27 AM

I don't believe it. NHRA is not an official nitro supplier, so they would have to fine themselves $100,000 if they brought a little as one drum into the track during a national event.

Jay

#22 07-31-2008, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean DeWitt

I totally agree with you, PJ. There's really no reason the NHRA shouldn't cut out the middle man and sell directly to the racers. They can have total control, and it if they sell it at a reasonable price, it would show some very good will toward the racers, and I think the racers could use that as much as anything right now.

Sean D

Sean, there is no disrespect intended whatsoever but do you really believe this is possible? Take it one step further and ask, if they don't sell it at reasonable prices what would it show?

#23 07-31-2008, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Miller

Sean, there is no disrespect intended whatsoever but do you really believe this is possible? Take it one step further and ask, if they don't sell it at reasonable prices what would it show?

No disrespect taken, Bobby. To answer your last question, I guess I think it would show no good will towards the racers. You ask if it's possible to sell it at a reasonable price to start with, and if the rumors going around about nitro being available from other sources for much less, then the answer, obviously, is yes, it's possible.

I guess the only point I was trying to make is that in times like this, where operating costs are obviously at a point of keeping teams on the sidelines, anything the sanctioning body can do to help the situation out should be done, period. And if one of those things is the ability of doing away with an "official supplier" of nitro and bringing that deal in-house and saving the racers a few hundred bucks per barrel, then they should suck it up and make it happen, because it's the least they can do.

Sean D

#24 07-31-2008, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance Peltier

I thought that was covered last month, something about not paying the bills or something like that!

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner.

How can there be a shortage if a rep for a previously approved supplier has 700 barrels?

When did WEGO get taken off the official supplier list, when they are, basically, the sole source for racing grade Nitromethane?

#25 07-31-2008, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay Eshbach

I don't believe it. NHRA is not an official nitro supplier, so they would have to fine themselves $100,000 if they brought a little as one drum into the track during a national event.

Jay

Thanks Jay, now please excuse me, I have to clean the milk and rice krispies off my monitor!