Adam,
it's just for fun, don't get so wound up... They coulda slammed your
brother and said *he has a really fast car* implying that the car is the
only reason for mentioning him, or as though a monkey could drive it and do
just as well in it because the car is the only reason he is mentioned there
at all ... ;-)
sbw
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Popp <raft321@fuse.net>
To: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Pick the winners?
>Yeah, but u made a few mistakes. That's all I am saying. It seems like u
>guys take it serious though. I saw a line in there that said something
>like Frank Stagnaro makes it hard for us pick against him every year,
>when we seem we r right when we pick him and u picked him again this
>year. It's not that fun to read when u pick the same people over and
>over again. Why don't u pick Buddy Jasmine, Ron Ver Hulm or Gordon
>Kinney. And u guys picked Gary Milligan, and John Ames when somebody
>said that John has been running in a different class and Milligan isn't
>even going to the Nationals this year. And I also saw a mistake, at
>least I hope it was where It said if Mary Brotz and Mary Wentzel both
>enter they should win. Well that is the same person. I know that picking
>the winners is just for fun, but I think u and the other pickers in
>sportscar and NAP should put a little more effort in making your
>selections!!
>
>
>
>Kelly, Katie wrote:
>>
>> I just want to say a couple of things regarding this Pick the Winners
>> controversy. Maybe a few.
>>
>> 1) We're not voting for Prom Queen.
>>
>> 2) Writers for SportsCar were asked to submit their picks long before
there
>> was even an entry list.
>>
>> 3) NAP suckered a really nice guy into doing this for nine years because
no
>> one else has enough balls. He's pretty isolated down in Georgia, but I
think
>> he does a fair job regardless. :)
>>
>> 4) Rita Wilsey is more than deserving to be mentioned as a contender in
BSP,
>> though I haven't seen her name on the entry list yet. Adam Popp is too,
as
>> are many, many other fine folks in that class. I ran in BSPL a few years
>> ago, and I know the talent in that class, and I know Rita, so I can say
with
>> great confidence picking Rita is hardly a slam on the other competitors.
I
>> can hardly fault Dick Berger's selection. I just hope she goes!
>>
>> 5) If we really knew who would win Nationals, we wouldn't even bother
going
>> to Topeka. This is supposed to be for fun! It's just something to add a
>> little drama before Nationals, to increase our excitement (and anxiety)
>> levels to such an extreme that it's all we can think about.
>>
>> I really wish people wouldn't take this stuff so seriously. And I can
speak
>> from both sides, being a picker, and even sometimes a pickee. I
understand
>> the psychological ramifications of not being picked to win when you think
>> you have a shot. On the other hand, this is really just some people being
>> very silly, trying to create some hype.
>>
>> It's like this story Dick Berger told me a few years ago. He picked some
guy
>> to win in EP, some guy in an Audi. Howard Wolf, who eventually won the
class
>> that year, asked Dick, "Who is that guy, Dick? You really think he's
going
>> to win?"
>>
>> And Dick said, "Possibly, in a hurricane, he might have a chance."
>>
>> "Well, then why'd you pick him?"
>>
>> "Because now you know who he is, and for three minutes at the Solo II
>> Nationals this guy's going to be noticed."
>>
>> Sometimes, being human, we don't just pick whom we THINK we win. We pick
>> whom we'd like to SEE win. I know for my SportsCar picks, I picked some
>> people who on paper didn't look as good as some more obvious choices, but
I
>> also know who they are and what they're about, and I know they have the
>> potential and the desire, so there you go. It it MY FAULT they decided
not
>> to go to Nationals this year? Cut me some slack, please! God forbid if
Solo
>> II ever becomes televized, when our media can no longer perform this sick
>> and warped practice of rooting for underdogs, which I am all for, 100%.
>>
>> Which reminds me. I have to go back and vote for myself.
>>
>> Katie K.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Adam Popp [SMTP:raft321@fuse.net]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:48 PM
>> > To: autox@autox.team.net
>> > Subject: Re: Pick the winners?
>> >
>> > If Gary Milligan changed his mind and came back this year for the
>> > nationals, they should put the cone rule in affect for him so they can
>> > make AM competitive, because the past three years his phantom and him
>> > have won by about 4 seconds more every year.
>> > And what's up with SportsCar and North American Pylon. Why do
>> > they make the picks whith out knowing all the facts. They pick Rita
>> > Wisley in B/SP??? What's up with that? She's a good driver, but I don't
>> > think she will win B/SP. My brother comes into mind. I think SportsCar
>> > doesn't put enough effort into their picks and North American Pylon
>> > doesn't either. It seems like they pick the same people every year.
>> > Using the words of Dennis Miller, of course that's my opinion and I
>> > could be wrong. I'm out!
>> > >
>> > > Jeff Winchell wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > >Like in AM, Gary Milligan is not on the list. I think a lot of
>> > > > > people will pick him, if he is on. Unless the Milligan pick is to
>> > easy
>> > > > > and u r not putting him on there because of his phantom.
>> > > >
>> > > > Well SportsCar picked him even though he is not going to be
>> > > > running.<s> The Phantom is staying home this year.
>> > > >
>> > > > And SportsCar and NAP picked John Ames in ESP and I don't think
>> > > > he's run an ESP event this year (he ran in SS at the NT this
>> > > > weekend). There were other examples of that in the recent
>> > > > SportsCar and NAP articles.
>> > > >
>> > > > I like how they do it based on who's registered so far, plus you
can
>> > > > update your choices when more registrations come in.
>> > > > Jeff Winchell
>> > > > http://PonyCar.Net
>
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