Age discrimination at its best. :) or worst? Was the contest limited only to
men/boys? Or were women allowed. I can think of an extensive list of women
under 34 I would have thought would do very well.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: Alan Gruner <algruner@yahoo.com>
>To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: autocross in the news, plus autocross on MTV!
>Date: Sat, Sep 28, 2002, 2:57 PM
>
> It doesn't sound like I would have made it on the show
> even if I was under 34. Too bad they have an age
> limit. I would love to see Art Allen, Butch Brochu,
> John Kelly or Pat Kelly showing pretty boys how it's
> done.
>
> --- Patrick Simmons <pjsimm@inreach.com> wrote:
>> Word on the Neons.org board is the MTV thing a
>> pretty boy contest and has
>> nothing to do with driving.
>>
>> Patrick Simmons
>> #5 G-Stock
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
>> Kevin Lahey
>> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:15 PM
>> To: autocross list
>> Subject: autocross in the news, plus autocross on
>> MTV!
>>
>>
>> I just tried out Google News, looking for the word
>> "autocross",
>> and found a surprising amount of local coverage of
>> autocross
>> in the news:
>>
>>
>>
> http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=autocross&btnG=Google+Search
>>
>> I was equally surprised to see that *MTV* of all
>> places, was
>> putting together an autocross contest and one-time
>> driving show:
>>
>> http://www.mtv.com/onair/fast_enuff/
>>
>> It is only open to contestents who are under 34 (now
>> I really
>> feel old; MTV won't have me), and the "casting" in
>> California was at the end of August. I suppose that
>> you
>> could fly to Pontiac, MI, on October 5 if you were
>> really
>> devoted to getting on the show. It isn't clear to
>> me whether
>> the final "celebrity race" is an autocross or on a
>> road course,
>> but the audition is definitely on an autocross
>> course.
>>
>> My apologies if this already showed up in other
>> forums,
>> I didn't remember seeing anything about it.
>>
>> Kevin
>> kml@patheticgeek.net
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