>>>>The reasons for this mystify me, as I find Pro's to be the best type of
autox available, but there it is.
I could recite the whole usual list of reasons, but then I'd be sounding
like a "don't change anything" type of guy.......
I'd bet that if you/we/they built up Pro solo (or whatever variation) to the
level that it was on TV, and there was BIG sponsor money
involved.....Prepared & Mod would participate in large numbers!
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
To: "autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: On Speedvision Right Now, Boat Autocrossing
> Howdy,
>
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, John Lieberman wrote:
> > So I side with those who say that the best entry point to get autox on
> > TV would be ProSolo. However, I would go a step further and suggest
> > that such coverage should only focus on the handicap challenge and that
> > it be geared, primarily, toward the Prepared and Modified classes.
> > Those cars, as a general rule, are more "unusual" (going back to the
> > original theme of this post) in their appearance and their performance
> > level as well as being more prone to getting out-of-shape while on
> > course.
>
> I'd agree with that, if I cared a lot about getting autox on tv, but the
> problem is that by and large Prepared and Mod guys don't run Pros.
>
> The reasons for this mystify me, as I find Pro's to be the best type of
> autox available, but there it is.
>
> Perhaps there should be start money for Prepared folks... :-)
>
> Mark
>
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