Katie Kelly wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocross
Here's a quote from that entry:
"Unlike most motorsports (whose top ranks are heavily televised)
the upper echelon of autocross - SCCA ProSolo has been badly
mismanaged by the sanctioning body, who prefers to run the events
as participant-oriented club meetings rather than professional
motorsports competitions. Accordingly, autocross receives very
little in the way of media coverage, with the SCCA actively
discouraging any attempt at promoting the sport to potential
spectators or other audiences. This in turn limits the rewards
for competitors at the upper levels, and particpant [sic] burnout
and turnover is very high. This despite the driving and
engineering ability of the best autocross teams being equal
(dollar for dollar) to any other team in motorsport."
Here's another autox-related Wikipedia entry:
"Dennis Grant
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dennis Grant (born 1970 in Quesnel, British Columbia and most
recently a resident of Windsor, Ontario) is an auto racing
champion."
"2005: .... the SCCA's management, never good at the best of
times, promised more of the same for this and subsequent seasons.
With the rewards not getting any larger (and in fact shrinking
fast) and with the cost of competition getting ever larger, the
decision was made to stand the team down and retire from racing
mid season. The car, at last report, was up for sale."
I read it on the Internet, so it must be true, right?
;<)
Hmmm. Ya think our buddy DG might be airing some sour grapes
here?
Jay
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