As a marketing guy, I 'd have to agree. My best friend owned Eagle One car
care products and sold it to Valvoline. I got to go hang out some when
Mark Martin's car carried Eagle One/Valvoline livery. Fun to hang out, and
fun to wander in the pits, etc., etc.. But I noticed something
interesting. None of the folks in the pits, the movers and shakers, the
sponsors, the flacks etc. watched the races! At all. Even the pit crews
didn't except for the spotters and the timers.
-----Original Message-----
From: Herald948@aol.com [mailto:Herald948@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:54 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Daytona Prototypes
In a message dated 1/31/2003 3:43:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
BillB@bnj.com
writes:
> ...I don't see how anyone can watch
> a NASCAR race. Sure, these guys are great drivers, but what a boring
> format. I know why the fans are always Blotto, it's the only way you
> can stand it. I have a t-shirt that sums it up: "Too dumb for opera,
> too smart for NASCAR."
At risk of starting yet another well-off-Triumph-racing-topics thread, I
agree. Frankly, NASCAR was a lot more interesting when the cars were
somewhat
more closely based on the actual production cars AND when you could
actually
see that car instead of a rolling billboard for (insert favorite products
by
the 100s here).
It's the marketing types that have ruined it, I tell you! :-) (That's
sure
to raise at least one set of eyebrows on this list!)
Call me naive and old-fashioned, but I also like racing better when the
drivers are at least SOMEWHAT likely to be a determining factor in the
outcome.
That's all I'll say. It's my opinion, and you can't change it, so don't
try!
:-)
--Andy Mace (I tell you, it all went downhill after the Hudson Hornet
years....)
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