Yeah, GRM hasn't done as much low-tech, old-school stuff as they used to,
but then most of the people running autocrosses are not running low-tech,
old-school cars any more.
Anyone who is really interested in the Solo II Nationals should join SCCA.
They had complete coverage in Sports Car, their monthly magazine.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of andy cost
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:51 PM
> To: Roadster List
> Subject: RE: Grassroots Motorsports back issues online
>
>
> I'm a little upset with grassroots right now. They started out
> as autocross
> magazine years ago. They expanded to grassroots motorsports and started
> including new sorts of amateur racing. That was OK with me. Now the
> magazine is almost all dedicated to high dollar semi-pro road racing.
> Another thing that got me upset is the fact that the 2006 SOLO II
> Nationals
> was not covered until the Feburary issue. That is 5 months after
> the event.
> Granted the February issue came out in January but that is still 4 months.
> The article was buried near the end of the magazine, did not have in-debth
> coverage of any of the classes and many classes were not mentioned at all.
> The article was short and disappointing. I'm sure they are getting a fair
> amount of criticism from enthusiast like me. I suspect if you
> plan to be a
> high dollar BMW or Porche road racer then you are content. For
> the rest of
> us "Grassroots" it has lost it's appeal. I found one issue buried under a
> stack of mail that my wife had scurried away a month earlier. I
> hadn't even
> missed it.
>
> Andy Cost
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