Word on the Neons.org board is the MTV thing a pretty boy contest and has
nothing to do with driving.
Patrick Simmons
#5 G-Stock
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kevin Lahey
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:15 PM
To: autocross list
Subject: autocross in the news, plus autocross on MTV!
I just tried out Google News, looking for the word "autocross",
and found a surprising amount of local coverage of autocross
in the news:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=autocross&btnG=Google+Search
I was equally surprised to see that *MTV* of all places, was
putting together an autocross contest and one-time driving show:
http://www.mtv.com/onair/fast_enuff/
It is only open to contestents who are under 34 (now I really
feel old; MTV won't have me), and the "casting" in
California was at the end of August. I suppose that you
could fly to Pontiac, MI, on October 5 if you were really
devoted to getting on the show. It isn't clear to me whether
the final "celebrity race" is an autocross or on a road course,
but the audition is definitely on an autocross course.
My apologies if this already showed up in other forums,
I didn't remember seeing anything about it.
Kevin
kml@patheticgeek.net
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