Landracing needs the diversity. Hope the variety of classes remains. If you
want to be the fastest vehicle bar none for a particular engine size, more
power to ya, just build and and go for it, no matter - blown, fuel, streamlined
or other. Those of us there know who the big dogs are, ie who the fastest sit
on bike is, or who the fastest piston driven is, fastest doorslamer, fastest
roadster, etc. The variety allows anyone to come and find a niche. The
numbers (mph) allow the reward. We can all go to the NFL training camps and
give it a shot, might not be much fun if your one legged, and have one lung
removed. At Bonneville you can find a place to compete (and feel good about
it). Joe :) :)
Mike Manghelli wrote:
> Jon,
>
> I think the sport is growing already, 361 entries is the most ever. There
> were TONS of new drivers and 1/2 a TON of new cars.
>
> Mike (it just keeps getting better) Manghelli
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Amo <webmaster@landracing.com>
> To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, August 27, 2000 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Attracting new comers/ Classes
>
> >John,
> >
> >I disagree, less classes would make this sport, which is already very
> tough, but
> >more competitive, people like competitiveness, thats were most roots are
> from
> >and always will be. for example.
> >This happened this year at Bonneville,
> >Team Amo bumped their own record to 191.530 mph, Jason McVicar came into
> the
> >MPS-F class and bumped the record to 191.880 mph. If that would not have
> >happened we would have packed up and came home. But since he did, we did
> out of
> >competitivness "Scrap" another motor together and run. And that is why we
> are
> >coming to WOS which we never have been before. Competivness is like a
> disease, a
> >very bad one. Joe and I are both diseased with it, thats why we are doing
> >whatever possible to get there next month.
> >You dont think that would draw people in? Less classes = more
> competitevness.,
> >I'm not saying that is the answer. Hell being on the salt is just enough,
> but
> >personally I would rather compete against some else during the event and
> not
> >black and white. SO basically if the sport was more competitive maybe it
> would
> >draw more of a crowd? That is a question and only a opinion, we all look
> for a
> >way to bring new comers to the sport, could this be the answer? Everybody
> keeps
> >speaking of the next generation to keep the sport alive, if the sport
> starts to
> >die, would this or could it be the answer?
> >Maybe the sport is growing and no questions or answers are needed, I think
> this
> >may have been the biggest event ever? SCTA-BNI any stats on this? or is it
> in a
> >decline?
> >
> >Jonathan Amo
> >www.landracing.com
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