Wester S Potter wrote:
> Bev and list,
> I had trouble sending an email to McGonegal so I sent it to his boss, Steve
> Campbell, <campbels@petersenpub.com> with a request that it be forwarded to
> McGonegal.
> Then a bit of smart thinking got through on a land line ...!
> I had a phone call from Bud McManus, one of the lurkers on this list who
> gave me a better approach than the one I had used and I appreciate his
> level-headed thinking about it. He suggested contacting McGonegal and
> requesting that he include an article about a land-speed car in each issue.
> Since most of us got started in the sport through reading the earlier issues
> of Hot Rod when it recognized sand-speed racing as part of the sport, we
> should have a wealth of information about cars from around the US that would
> be of interest to the "drag race, van and 2000 cc turbocharged import sport
> coupe crowd" that now reads the magazine.
> I'm afraid I did us ( here I'm assuming that I speak for the land-speed
> lovers) a disservice by not thinking as clearly and farsightedly as Bud. He
> points out that if we approach the Petersen Publishing crowd with a way to
> reach more readers they would be much more receptive to our voices. My
> knee jerk reaction was more of a hinderance than a help to the sport as a
> whole. Any suggestions would be appreciated and we'll try to approach it
> from a new angle. I do know Ro McGonegal is a personal friend of Larry
> Volk, the Save the Salt Chairman. He has to know something about land-speed
> racing with that contact.
> What can we do and how should we do it?
> Wes Potter
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> > From: "Beverly C. Stanley" <beverlycst@earthlink.net>
> > To: mcgonegal@petersenpub.com
> > CC: "land-speed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: re: January issue - reply to letter from Ken Walkey
> > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:29:59 -0800
> >
> >Mr. McGonegal
> >I have not purchased one of your magazines since you stopped printing
> >articles on land speed racing events. I only read your reply to Ken
> >Walkey's letter because it was pointed out to me by a neighbor.
> >
> >I can not believe you are not familiar with Ken's name and history. Even
> >the teeny boppers down the street, in my little burg, know about Ken.
> >Anyone who really cares about racing has at least heard about him.
> >Didn't you read the Autoweek articles on the land speed racers at Lake
> >Gairdner, South Australia? Or the Autoweek articles on the Muroc
> >Reunion?
> >
> >Personally, I believe you can disagree with Mr. Walkey all day long -
> >but please try to tell him so in a polite manner - he doesn't deserve
> >the attitude.
> >Beverly Colton Stanley
> >just a volunteer worker at SCTA and BNI events.
> >
> >ve
Wes Potter:Let me restate my thoughts on this Walkie,McGonegal,HOT ROD
controversy. If we wantthis thing of ours to survive us , we must drag the likes
of McGonegal -kicking and screaming if necessary- into our tent. We've gat to
make "floating mounting" a part of his everyday vocabulary. Our cars are
everybit as unique, fast, innovative, gorgeous, true hot rod,..........as
anything that HOT ROD has to show. He/they need us to fill their pages-we need
their readers to join us. Bud McManus
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