**This Is A Disgrace**

[7DMACH1]

This is a quote from www.dragracingonline.com Agent 1320

THIS IS SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS?

There were some representatives of the Armed Forces Radio and Televisions Services at Pomona on Thursday, Feb. 9. That branch of the services furnishes our troops with free programming overseas. Evidently NHRA was under orders from ESPN, who owns all of the rights to shoot any action shots at NHRA events, to not allow the AFRTS folks to shoot any part of the day's racing from the side of the track. They ended up in the stands, according to DRO staffers at the race. Shame on NHRA and ESPN for this petty action. [2-10-2006]

[Mr. CarelessAndImprudent]

Was this a safety reason?

[7DMACH1]

Not that I know of. Is war a saftey issue????

[Mr. CarelessAndImprudent]

Not that I know of. Is war a saftey issue????

Come on, you know what I mean. I simply asked if they did it cause of a safety rule. I know only certain people are allowed at the line and they have to be registered with NHRA. Not defending it and not getting into a war debate.

[badass67]

Lets make sure we know all the facts of why or why not things happen before going off the deep end and hating ESPN.

It could have been safety
it could have been registered media
it could have been A'holes.

We do not know from the short story.

[Mr. CarelessAndImprudent]

Lets make sure we know all the facts of why or why not things happen before going off the deep end and hating ESPN.

It could have been safety
it could have been registered media
it could have been A'holes.

We do not know from the short story.

Thanks man

[7DMACH1]

Quote from Nitromater by Mark Walter USAF Ret. Jama Ministry.

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This is a follow up article from DRO about the out come of what I would call a grassroots movement to fix this. Yea, we win!

ARMY WINS

A team from the Army Broadcasting Service led by Lieutenant Colonel
Derek W. Crotts, a Commander in the American Forces Network, were in the Schumacher compound over the weekend, where NHRA initially denied them the ability to shoot any on-track video footage at the Winternationals. The team was at Pomona to provide Army drag racing oriented stories to entertain our troops and to help build the TV audience for the ESPN show being broadcast on February 15 to troops stationed abroad and on military bases in the U.S. over the American Forces Network.

Over the weekend both NHRA and ESPN agreed to provide on-track and pit footage at no charge to the AFN for the Winternationals. According to Col. Crotts, they will have a working agreement since they intend to return to future NHRA POWERade events because, "Our troops love drag racing."

American Forces Network also provides NASCAR, golf, tennis, NFL and college football, NBA and college basketball and other sporting events to military personnel and their families.