I really wasn't knocking this particular event in Charlotte. I have just seen
this trend coming for a while now and just got through watching the last Grand
Am event on TV that was held in Kansas at an oval track using the infield. I
believe that the folks that run the race series are saying that they need to
go where the fans are and where the money is. On top of that, Formula One
spends its whole time trying to convince American motorsports fans that
Formula One is not boring. If the fan base is that fickle, then let them go
watch NASCAR. Jim
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From: Jack Mc
<LimeyV8@aol.com>
To: sherry robyn <sherryjimmy6116@att.net>
Cc: Mike Munson
<fasttrs@yahoo.com>; "fot@autox.team.net" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent:
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Video from Charlotte
Ah...you realize this was an SCCA event, right? There were NO paying
spectators. SCCA events are all about what the racers want to race - it has
nothing whatever to do with spectators - and you would have been hard pressed
to find a single real NASCAR fan all weekend
Still, I lament the field
composition as much as you do. There were only 2 E Prod cars in the field - 40
years ago, most of the cars might have been British - Far less these days.
Cheers,
Jack Mc
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 21, 2013, at 9:16 PM, sherry robyn
<sherryjimmy6116@att.net> wrote:
> Nice video but I hate the current trend of
sports car racing in the USA. It's
> like the bulk of American motor sport
spectators are so shallow that they can
> only keep up with cars that look
like something in their driveway that
> are going around in circles. Yes, I
realize that there is plenty of action in
> the infield and that turn one off
the bank is tough but I don't like appeasing
> these spectators that believe
all auto racing is some form or another of
> NASCAR. Jim
>
>
>
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To: "fot@autox.team.net" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent:
> Wednesday, August 21,
2013 1:08 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Video from Charlotte
> While we are sharing
videos, heres one from my race at Charlotte this past
> weekend.
> You can
also see fellow FOTer Joe Downer (Chumpcar Tr6) in a black
> Midget.
>
>
>
>
>
> http://youtu.be/vJvtUaXk-u0
>
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