Originally Posted by Brent Busch

After seeing the quick interview with Kevin Poynter tonight this sure doesn't sound like it's happening.

Originally Posted by Bobby Bennett

Originally Posted by Stan Zigmont

If its bogus, why did Geiger bring it up at all? Why create a domino effect for Bernstein - JR Todd - Dexter Tuttle - Alan Bradshaw - Bill Miller - Troy Buff?

Is this poor reporting or letting the cat out of the bag too early? I thought Geiger didn't want to "do the rumor thing"?

Originally Posted by Stan Zigmont

If its bogus, why did Geiger bring it up at all? Why create a domino effect for Bernstein - JR Todd - Dexter Tuttle - Alan Bradshaw - Bill Miller - Troy Buff?

Is this poor reporting or letting the cat out of the bag too early? I thought Geiger didn't want to "do the rumor thing"?

Originally Posted by Larry Sullivan

J.R. is talking to a lot of people, nothing is final, and rumors about his future already being settled hurt his chances to find a good ride.

It's bogus.

J.R. had a face-to-face with Geiger Saturday to find out why he ran the rumor, KB called Geiger to find out why he ran the rumor, both deny that its true.

Scoop may have scooped from the wrong end of the litter box on this one.

Originally Posted by Brent Busch

Didn't Scoop come on here just a short while back and claim that the reason they held off on reporting things that DRO and CompPlus might print is to make sure they're accurate before they run it on their site? It sure looks like he didn't follow his own claim.

Originally Posted by Rob Geiger

Justin,
One of the first things we talked about when I joined NHRA was the fact I didn't want to do the rumor thing. Sure it's fun. Sure enough, if you throw enough @#$%^ at the wall, something will stick and you'll look like a genuis. But most of the time you're risking screwing something up big time for someone. It isn't worth dropping someone in the grease to be first or possibly nixing a sponsorship deal because information was leaked. I'd rather be right than first.
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Have fun with the other sites. If you want the truth, go to NHRA.com. That's the way I look at it.
Regards,
Rob

Originally Posted by Rob Geiger

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Bobby's site and the others do great work on a number of fronts. I'm talking specifically about rumors. As the website of the sanctioning body, we're just very careful with all that we report. It's much more important for us to have it right than to have it first.

Take the Neff-to-Force deal. We had that quite awhile back but JF asked us to wait because he needed to clear the decision with Ford and his other sponsors as well as Don Schumacher. Had we run the story the moment we heard it, perhaps Zippy would never have recieved an official offer because someone decided to pull the plug due to incorrect leaked information. I don't feel comfortable potentially changing someone's life like that. Besides, it wasn't a done deal.

Even after Force, Neff, and Shoe all talked about it on ESPN2 live, we still respected Force's request that we wait until his PR guy sent us the official word. It's just the way we do business.

Like I said, rumors are fun. Heck, that's just about all we talk about all day long at the racetrack. But as a reporter, I'll wait until it's fact before I write the story. That's just the way we operate.
RG

Originally Posted by Brent Busch

Originally Posted by Rob Geiger
Justin,
One of the first things we talked about when I joined NHRA was the fact I didn't want to do the rumor thing. Sure it's fun. Sure enough, if you throw enough @#$%^ at the wall, something will stick and you'll look like a genuis. But most of the time you're risking screwing something up big time for someone. It isn't worth dropping someone in the grease to be first or possibly nixing a sponsorship deal because information was leaked. I'd rather be right than first.
...

Have fun with the other sites. If you want the truth, go to NHRA.com. That's the way I look at it.
Regards,
Rob