Does not make me happy either, pro or not no one is up for
smashing into things.. Best bet is to list what these guys
make and let the racers boycott them.. better yet race fans.
there must be enough of them otherwise all the companies
would not sponsor them for such a huge amount of money..
Maybe contact other racer newsgroups and let them know and
suggest they boycott also. The worst thing is i think that
they were at Bonneville last year i think those are the
folks that interviewed Turk and many others..
Dave Dahlgren
Scott Cowle wrote:
>
> I don't know if this is appropriate or not for this site but an ad
> appeared in Performance racing news ,here in Canada ,for extreme sports
> sponsored by Export cigarettes, a division ,I think ,of the Rothmans empire.
> Anyways the ad said" if you can't smash it into a tree what's the point?"
> This to me seems to be really irresponsible advertising and portraits racing
> and racers as yahoos who don't take safety seriously. I'm sorry if I'm
> offending anyone on the list but in light of the tragedy last week it really
> pissed me off, and I have called the magazine and extreme sports and the
> cigarette company and expressed my anger. As racers, professional and
> weekend warriors, we need to make sponsors portray our sport as competition,
> not a death wish.
> Scott
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