Billysgoat
The ANTI-BLING!
Since Andy (TooMuchBoost) brought it up in the Pro Street thread I thought I would start a new one on the subject of how we can get more money to DHRA and the competitors from the folks who directly benefit from it, the "Big Name" diesel performance folks. Andy put it best, so I just copied his post from the Pro Street thread to here.
Since fiscal survival of the DHRA and the cost of racers wasting motors is a honest concern money seems to the be answer to both questions.
IMO not only the DHRA but the day to day diesel enthusiast needs to address where this money would come from. The obvious answer is sponsors but why doesn't OUR sport have sponsorship from the huge companies we patronize and pad their pockets every day? Gasser racing series have sponsors like these.
A simple multiple-board search across the specific truck brands produces the same signature list of mega-dollar companies that the diesel enthusiast advertises for free in his signature and in his posts yet what do these major companies give back to us and racing/pulling organizations like the DHRA?
Not much if anything and that needs to be addressed sooner than later. If each major manufacturer gave something back to the racers in terms of general sponsorships the DHRA wouldn't operate on a shoestring budget and could pay serious purses to many places in each class of pulling and racing. If first place paid $10K I bet many would waste a motor to let it all hang out and if 5th or 6th place paid say $1500 I bet more would show up. It takes money...
The way I see things its the smaller diesel shops/manufacturers that are sponsoring events not the big guys and that is wrong when you consider what we as a group spend/have spent!
Now, I say lets list the BIG companies that have made some BIG money off diesel pickups and hit them up for sponsorship money. Do you see any reason why they shouldn't be at least seriously asked?
Companies like:
Autometer
NOS
Nitrous Express
Van Aaken
Edge
Superchip/SCT
Silverline
MBRP
DiPricol
Banks
BD
Dislaimer:
This list isn't complete by far and isn't meant to insinuate that these companies do or don't give back to competitive diesel sled pulling and drag racing but it does open things up for discussion. Feel free to keep adding to this list and then determine what is going to be done with the list.
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