Allen
Don't forget that SCTA Racing news during the lakes and Bonneville has
articles and is always looking for stories to print. ECTA & USFRA has news
papers as well as do the Aussies. I Brits and Malcolm Pittwood publish
articles.
The closest thing is the landracing.com of Jon Amo that is most current on a
daily basis. I think we would all love to see an LSR Magazine but to
publish one is very costly and the time line is about 3 months.Maybe HRM
could do a quarterly section for LSR but it takes the input of a lot of
people from our side to keep it going.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Allen Young" <riveroak@cncnet.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 12:04 AM
Subject: LSR Magazine
> Allen Best to you and yours as well..... As for the Magazine Idea.... I
> think it's a great thought. I know David is into LSR and has done many
> articles about it in different magazines.... from Rod and Custom to Hot
Rod
> and even Chevy High jumped on the band wagon.
>
> I don't know if our sport would support it but I'd love to see one out
> there.... The thought of a LSR corner in Hot Rod was a cool idea as
> well..... Now to beat up on David till he does one..... LOL.... Poor
guy...
> I can see his in box filling up as we speak....
>
> K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Young" <riveroak@cncnet.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 12:44 PM
> Subject: quiet -- not
>
>
> > List:
> >
> > First, I want to wish all of you the best during this holiday and hope
> you
> > are looking forward to the new year as much as I am.
> >
> > Second, so that it won't get too quiet around here, there's a topic
I've
> been
> > wanting to bounce off the group for a while: a magazine devoted to
Land
> > speed racing. I know, I know, there are some definate con's to this
> proposal:
> > 1) we have the Bonnevile Racing News which I greatly enjoy and wouldn't
> want
> > to see go away. I don't think it would. 2) there is not enough of us
to
> > support a high quality magazine. I think we'd be surprised on this one.
> 3)
> > the sport would grow too large, or grow faster that we would want (what
> ever
> > that means) by spreading the word about LSR. I'm not sure this is a bad
> thing
> > or that it would really happen to the extent that would be detremental
to
> the
> > sport. We need sustained growth for the obvious reasons. 4) who would
> step
> > up and attempt to do a magazine such as this? David Freiburger quickly
> comes
> > to mind. I'm sure there are others are out there that could do it.
Maybe
> a
> > start could be a regular "department" in Hot Rod devoted to LSR such as
> they
> > have now for certain topics. The economic realities of starting a new
> magazine
> > may not make this feasable, but, when I see a slick high quality
magazine
> > devoted to a car like the Miata land on my newsstand, I wonder -- why
not
> > LSR?
> >
> > On the pro side, wouldn't it be great to see this sport in full color
> (like
> > Louise's wonderful book, or the great article of Jack Costella in The
> Rodder's
> > Journal, or the articles that David is including in Hot Rod) on a
periodic
> > basis? I know as a beginner at this, I would love to see technical
> articles
> > and photos on just how some of these cars are put together and just good
> > information on the sport, the rules, the people, the history, etc. And,
I
> > assume that LSR means not just Bonneville, but the lakes, Maxton,
> Australia,
> > or anywhere else on the globe where this kind of racing is held. Even
if
> it
> > were only a quarterly or an annual like Hop Up, I think it would be well
> > received and important to the health of the sport. And like the
archiving
> of
> > the list, this would be a way of preserving the history and all the
other
> > aspects of the sport for generations to learn from and enjoy. Louise's
> book
> > went a long way toward preserving this history through excellent writing
> and
> > wonderful photographs. Doc's and Wendy's Racing News is another way to
> do
> > this, and as important as it is, I worry about how well it will stand
up
> > (paper wise) to father time like like a high quality (paper wise)
magazine
> > will.
> >
> > If this has already been kicked around in the past, forgive me and just
> hit
> > the delete key. Otherwise, any thoughts?
> >
> > Allen in rainy Oroville re-reading Louise's book.
> >
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