Louise, I think you understand YOURSELF correctly....:)
I know that I enjoy landspeedracing as it exists currently...
I think (someone help me here) that it is very similar now
as its original form from the 40's-50's..
I think that early stock car racing, dragracing, and indy car
racing allowed for greater independent efforts before BIG media and
money....
I enjoy the media coverage that exists currently .....
"very different approaches to media coverage" as depicted by you
I think is what we are talking about here........and there in lies the
fear....
Joe :)
Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
>Joe,
>
>If I understand you correctly, you would prefer not having any media attend
>and cover the sport,
>
>or,
>
>do you confuse media coverage with sponsorship which infuses money and
>certainly refocuses the racer's intent?
>
>For example: the great dog sled race in Alaska gets coverage to allow people
>to witness a spectacle of racing not available to most of the curious world.
>Formula 1 is slave to its sponsors as well as subservient to Uncle Bernie's
>whimsy and caprice.
>
>Very different approaches to media coverage
>
>Be Vigilant,
>
>"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
>
>LandSpeed Productions
>Telling Stories with Words and Pictures
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
>To: "Louise Ann Noeth" <lanoeth@earthlink.net>
>Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:51 AM
>Subject: Re: Anotherr race date on the salt?
>
>
>>My name isnt Jack, but due to the forum, I will chime in,
>>
>>MOST folks involved in landspeed record pusuits, do
>>so out of the DESIRE to go fast, to achieve a piece of
>>paper with a higher number on it, and this piece of paper
>>is the time slip, NOT a paycheck.
>>
>>It is an amatuer sport, not corrupted by money.
>>
>>Big media cares about big money, big corporations
>>have big money
>>
>>Right now big money can come and compete, often
>>their efforts come up short against the desire driven
>>independent efforts, and the money driven entities
>>like the big four or so auto makers or someone like Kenwood,
>>seem fade away from the effort, seemingly (to me), to
>>have more interest in higher media exposure venues
>>such as NASCAR, CART, NHRA .....etc.
>>
>>now this might not be the respone you want,
>>and might be already well known fact,
>>and may be sour and ignorant,
>>and may be more or less amusing,
>>and less developed,
>>
>>I would hope it is not discounted.........
>>
>>
>>Joe :)
>>
>>
>>Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
>>
>>>Jack,
>>>
>>>What constitutes "big time" media to you?
>>>
>>>HOT ROD has almost 900,000 circulation.
>>>CAR&DRIVER is more than 3 million.
>>>
>>>Is cable OK? like Speedvision? or ESPN?
>>>
>>>What about the networks? CBS? NBC? ABC?
>>>
>>>Why do you want them to stay away? What threat to the sport do they pose
>>>
>in
>
>>>your opinion?
>>>
>>>Be Vigilant,
>>>
>>>"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
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