Friends of Triumph,
Yeah, this CART at Road America might have been a problem but......in the
future.
The regular folk of North America need to identify with the drivers...and the
products they represent.
The beer drinking, brawling world of NASCAR have donned tuxedos and are
putting on the big show. And their drivers & sponsors are.....?
Branding: The great unwashed wash with Tide, wear CAT hats, put Interstate
Batteries in their cars, and ingest Viagara when the occasion needs to arise.
I looked at the advertising on the CART cars ....financial institutions,
large and little known corporations, and "China Air". Huh?
We need some more American Heroes, some identifiable sponsorships, and more
tracks and fans, as found at Road America.
Mario Andretti seems to understand.........take your kids to the new Briggs
and Stratton Carting Facility at Road America.
OUR heroes are Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Carroll Shelby, Mario Andretti, et.
al., but our 'fresh horses' need to be younger. We need to feed them some
"Grassroots".
Joe (A)
> It really couldn't be any more screwed up. You'd think the SCCA would
> smell all that money left laying around and step into the vacuum.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Eells [mailto:bradlnss@lightspeed.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:45 PM
> To: Friends Of Triumph
> Subject: Open wheel rant...
>
>
> Sorry, I know it's the wrong place but...I was absolutely amazed at the
> debacle that was the CART Road America event. The organization could only
> come up with something called HD Net for TV coverage and you had to go to
> a designated sports bar to see the event. 4 sports bars were signed up for
> the broadcast in California, the nearest was 160 miles from me.
>
> I dutifully listened to the live internet audio broadcast after a 3 hour
> rain delay (at a road course??). I felt like this was the 1930's. Radio
> was my only option.
>
> Today I was greeted by an Email from CART.com informing me I could watch
> the HD Net broadcast on their website. What a joke...looked like a dial-up
> resolution file. The image was so pixilated you couldn't ID the cars.
>
> I was so mad at being cheated from getting my CART fix again that I wrote
> an Email to them and...you guessed it, the mailbox is so full, its no
> longer accepting Email...Hmmm, what could all those people be writing
> about??
>
> Pretty soon, thanks to Mr. Pook and Mr. George, the only pro open wheel
> racing left will be shifter carts...
>
> I guess I should just finish my TR4 and then I will have something to do
> on Sunday besides watching TV.
>
> Well, thanks for listening, I needed to vent, I'm OK now...putting the
> flame suit on...
>
> Brad
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