Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
......Anyway, the facts remain the same.... The days of Pre-49 only events are numbered....Doesn't really matter what you or I think about that. There is just not the interest in them that there was in the past. Most people would rather have a diversity of cars at a show which is why NSRA changed the rules. More people and more cars means more money and that's what is going to be the determining factor in who the event is open too......Either accept the change or not......it takes big bucks to put on these events, and the promotors are going where the bucks are...... Hot Rodding is such a lucrative and diverse market that it is no longer economically feasible to cater to one type of car at the exclusion of all others.... In the car show world, just as any other kind of endeavor, change is inevitable.......
Pure unadulterated BS. If you had bothered to attend the Nats in Louisville you would have seen 10000-13000 pre-49 cars show up every year. Interest isn't waining its the NSRA management's greed that is behind this change. They are charging the vendors huge rates, they've raised the walk in prices, and the city has lowered the cost for the venue over the years. All the NSRA wants is the money and they don't give a damn how they get it. Hence the lying about the supposed 98% of members who want this change. Maybe 98% of the Walker family but certainly not even 10% of NSRA members.

Personally I can't wait till the awards ceremony on Sunday to see how Vernon handles the constant booing and heckling he's going to receive when he's on stage. If you think back far enough you'll remember they tried this once before around 1980 and the MEMBERS let them know in no uncertain terms that they wouldn't stand for it. The same will happen this time..... or the NSRA will find itself fading into history. You can't piss off the vast majority of your members and succeed. When you alienate your members like that all they'll do is find somewhere else to go..... and there are a lot of shows to choose from. Frog follies, Back to the 50's, Hot August Nights etc. Yes they are multi year events but why spend the money to drive across the country to attend a show that looks like a KMart parking lot when you can attend something closer.

A lot of members won't go back to the NSRA simply because their management lies and has no respect for its members. You know, the people who are actually responsible for the NSRA's success. From everything they have done on this issue its pretty obvious NSRA management believes their members must be stupid.... otherwise they wouldn't lie and expect us to believe it. Yep.... Vernon better be wearing a flack jacket on Sunday.