Would you like to be a media hero, or a record holder? Think what a high
profile will do for lsr. Templates maybe!
A fence has been put around El Mirage for us!
Jack
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Doug Odom" <dlodom@charter.net>
> Well, that picture was of my car and my BLOOD from a blow over crash at El
> Mirage in 2000. They wanted to show a picture of my face puffed up from the
> crash but I refused to sign the release. My face was hurt because the lenses
> in my glasses came out and beat my cheeks around enought to make blood come
> out of my tear duct. The only sore place on my body was my face. My glasses
> were too big and the cheek pads inside the helmet pushed the lenses out of
> the frame when my helmet hit the side padding on the roll cage on the first
> bounce. I kind of thought it was going to be a blood and guts type show from
> the start instead of a racing show.
>
> Doug Odom in big ditch
>
>
> > But George Poteet as "Daddy Warbucks" and the OSU team
> > "blackballed?" And then the endless harping on crashes to the point
> > of showing the blood inside a car after a crash. Jeeze...I've been
> > asked to point my camera elsewhere for much less "bad press" stuff than
> > that.
> >
> > Did SCTA have a chance to view and approve the show? Will Discovery
> > come back for the next installation of "crash, death and mayhem on
> > the salt?" If so, I think I'll read a book or write an email instead
> > of watching it.
> >
> > Maybe I'm just getting old and this is the new face of
> > television. If so, I can do without it.
> >
> > RtR
> >
> > Considering all this , I wonder where Land Speed Louise stands on all
> > this.
> > I did see her name in the credits. Then again, I personally know NY Fire
> > Chiefs that were "technical advisors" to TV and movie Fire related shows,
> > and I
> > guess you don't get paid if you actually advise technically.
> > I don't think the SCTA needs this kind of coverage.,.I.M. very H.O., or
> > publicity.
> > BOB W
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