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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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Oil prices too low for "His Excellency Sheik Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani"? boo hoo...  
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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Oil prices too low for "His Excellency Sheik Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani"? boo hoo...
same thing I was thinking  
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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01/05/15 03:03 PM
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So this only affects two cars?
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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01/05/15 03:06 PM
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it effects some of the smaller guys to.
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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01/05/15 03:20 PM
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it effects some of the smaller guys to.
It could affect anyone that makes a pass down an NHRA, or IHRA track. 
That's right, it will effect hundreds of people. Like supercharger, piston, fuel suppliers and many more. Maybe ordinarily racers too. Not just Alan Johnsons teams, there's more cars like pro mod that I have seen the name on and I hardly watch NHRA now.
Major bummer if you ask me and I don't think it's funny.
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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it effects some of the smaller guys to.
It could affect anyone that makes a pass down an NHRA, or IHRA track.
That's right, it will effect hundreds of people. Like supercharger, piston, fuel suppliers and many more. Maybe ordinarily racers too. Not just Alan Johnsons teams, there's more cars like pro mod that I have seen the name on and I hardly watch NHRA now.
Major bummer if you ask me and I don't think it's funny.
All those people will be helped immensely by lower fuel prices. Grass roots racing dropped way off when gas prices doubled, it will start to grow again when it doesn't cost us a $100 in gas just to tow to the closest track. 
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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01/05/15 03:41 PM
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Oil prices too low for "His Excellency Sheik Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani"? boo hoo...
Has NOTHING to do with oil and never has. The country of Qatar, which is smaller than Connecticut, sits on the 3rd largest deposit of natural gas in the WORLD, plus they have oil. Yep, the WORLD, so money never has, or never will be a problem. Largest per capita income in the world. Khalid Al Thani is actually 3rd or 4th in line for the throne, behind his father and brothers, so the chance of him actually ever ruling the country are slim, as he is down the totem pole. That said, his "allowance", "rights" or whatever you want to call it a month is a staggering amount of money. He has done the same thing with boats, horses and pretty much anything else you can name. He goes "all in" throws millions at it, does well, gets bored and moves on. This is likely no different................One other possibility is that "dad" has put the kybash on the whole thing, because although he is down the line, Khalid IS part of the royal family and from what I understand, dad does not like him being out of the country so much and surely does NOT approve of the way the life over here has uhhhhh......."effected" his son, as the only country MORE conservative than Qatar, is Saudi Arabia. We will put it that way..............LOL!!!!
Knew this was coming sooner or later.
As far as AJs team. Everything is HIS, lock stock and barrel. Cars, haulers, equipment, shop, everything. So he has two ready to go fuel teams. Will just need a sponsor............I suspect he gets one. Too much experience and potential winning there for a potential sponsor to let that team sit on the side.
As far as the last minute notification, no surprise there either. What I understand and what we all hear about the ADRL and other deals.......... words written on a piece of paper and names signed, mean NOTHING to someone who basically owns their own country. They do what they want, when they want and you like it or tough
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/05/15 03:53 PM
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it effects some of the smaller guys to.
It could affect anyone that makes a pass down an NHRA, or IHRA track.
That's right, it will effect hundreds of people. Like supercharger, piston, fuel suppliers and many more. Maybe ordinarily racers too. Not just Alan Johnsons teams, there's more cars like pro mod that I have seen the name on and I hardly watch NHRA now.
Major bummer if you ask me and I don't think it's funny.
All those people will be helped immensely by lower fuel prices. Grass roots racing dropped way off when gas prices doubled, it will start to grow again when it doesn't cost us a $100 in gas just to tow to the closest track.
While the last statement may be true, it don't help me much because the big oil companys don't spend money on equipment when the price of a barrel of oil tanks, and when they don't buy then I and a lot of others don't work. 
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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01/05/15 05:04 PM
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... words written on a piece of paper and names signed, mean NOTHING to someone who basically owns their own country. They do what they want, when they want and you like it or tough
And when people like that can simply up and leave the U.S. to return home, the possiblility of taking legal action for contractual obligations pretty much gets pi$$ed away. They don't care.
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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01/05/15 06:19 PM
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All those people will be helped immensely by lower fuel prices. Grass roots racing dropped way off when gas prices doubled, it will start to grow again when it doesn't cost us a $100 in gas just to tow to the closest track.
It's amusing how you state that like it's going to last until race season, never mind lasting completely through one. Once everyone's bought up new SUVs and pickup trucks, the price will go right back where it was plus.
I think it's going to last years, the cheap oil.
I'd almost promise it'll last through 2015.
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
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All those people will be helped immensely by lower fuel prices. Grass roots racing dropped way off when gas prices doubled, it will start to grow again when it doesn't cost us a $100 in gas just to tow to the closest track.
It's amusing how you state that like it's going to last until race season, never mind lasting completely through one. Once everyone's bought up new SUVs and pickup trucks, the price will go right back where it was plus.
I agree, it is only a matter of time. But hopefully it will be under $2 for at least a couple years. There are a lot more cars on the road that get 30+ mpg than there was 8 years ago, and even the pickups can now get 18+. I would think that the demand is going down, thus lower prices.
When it hit $1.50/gal back in '08, I was thinking I should pre-buy 10,000 gallons, but I didn't. If it hits that price again, I will.
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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All those people will be helped immensely by lower fuel prices. Grass roots racing dropped way off when gas prices doubled, it will start to grow again when it doesn't cost us a $100 in gas just to tow to the closest track.
It's amusing how you state that like it's going to last until race season, never mind lasting completely through one. Once everyone's bought up new SUVs and pickup trucks, the price will go right back where it was plus.
I agree, it is only a matter of time. But hopefully it will be under $2 for at least a couple years. There are a lot more cars on the road that get 30+ mpg than there was 8 years ago, and even the pickups can now get 18+. I would think that the demand is going down, thus lower prices.
When it hit $1.50/gal back in '08, I was thinking I should pre-buy 10,000 gallons, but I didn't. If it hits that price again, I will.
All of this low fuel price stuff is ONLY based on
the overseas market driving the barrel price down
to kill off the fracking oil done now days... if the
fracking companies can hold off a year or so till
they cant produce any profit then they will quit the
fracking and the overseas companies will drive the
barrel price back up.... so how long can they last
here in the USA without profits... we will see
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Re: WOW is this going to hurt NHRA race team funding.
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/05/15 06:37 PM
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All those people will be helped immensely by lower fuel prices. Grass roots racing dropped way off when gas prices doubled, it will start to grow again when it doesn't cost us a $100 in gas just to tow to the closest track.
It's amusing how you state that like it's going to last until race season, never mind lasting completely through one. Once everyone's bought up new SUVs and pickup trucks, the price will go right back where it was plus.
I agree, it is only a matter of time. But hopefully it will be under $2 for at least a couple years. There are a lot more cars on the road that get 30+ mpg than there was 8 years ago, and even the pickups can now get 18+. I would think that the demand is going down, thus lower prices.
When it hit $1.50/gal back in '08, I was thinking I should pre-buy 10,000 gallons, but I didn't. If it hits that price again, I will.
break open your wallet, I saw $1.65 cash price on the way to work this morning
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