I am proud to be able call my friend, Thom, a friend.
Well said.
Gary Speckman
PS....and this was the guy (Frank, the fuck..ahhhh... I mean duck)who was
crying about the TT banter on the vintage race list. Talk about "gimics"
and crowd drawers..Team Thicko is number one in that area and Old Frank, the
marketing genius that he is, asked us to shut up.
Christ...what next.
At 10:27 PM 12/30/97 -0800, Thom Kuby wrote:
>>FHammett wrote:
>>> And if the races got publicity, the crowds would come, and then you
>>>would find
>>> drivers driving harder, and more crashes would come also.
>>>
>>> I for one would like to see the sport promoted. It would mean more
>>>excitement,
>>> and probably less cost to the drivers. Even price money.
>>
>>NO @#$%^&*() WAY DO WE WANT ANYTHING LIKE THIS!
>
>jesus, this thread could go on for daze...I agree with Jim
>
>Frank, (old ruptured duck)
>With all due respect to your apparent skills as a Marketing Genius...you
>obviously haven't been around the sport long enough...
>
>- What makes you think that additional promotion will lower costs to drivers?
>
>- you honestly think any P.T. Barnum is going to fork over all that
>additional dough out of HIS pocket in order to draw the local yokels to
>watch? and...what kind of car owners and drivers you suppose old P.T.'s
>going to want? RIIIIIGHT, cars/drivers that the locals can IDENTIFY
>with...and that ain't me with my Porsche 912, nor jim with one of his
>Alfas, nor WST with any of his Healeys, who cares about any of that furrin
>shit? This is why NASCAR is the 500lb gorilla that it is today...The SCCA
>Trans-Am series is another example; good ol murkin cars duking it out on
>road courses, ably assisted by sharp marketing types to ensure a decent
>pile of gate receipts...though the series is getting a little ragged around
>the edges - but's another story for another time...
>
>- To refresh your memory, Vintage racing (and SCCA Club racing,with
>exception of their "Pro" activities) are CLUB activities primarily for our
>collective enjoyment of these vintage heaps, as well as each other's
>company - and that's the way a lot of us like it...
>
>Point I'm trying to make here Frank, old fupped duck, is that vintage
>racing is intended to be just a little less stressful than
>balls-to-the-wall racing, and a lot more accessible & affordable to those
>of us with lives away from the racetrack. And it also provides an
>opportunity to celebrate the many weird, misunderstood, strangely
>engineered, FUN cars that have been a part of this modern post-war
>landscape. Some of us don't need or want the Big Time...Nuff said, I'm
>sure I've stirred a few up with this one.
>
>v/r
>Thom Kuby
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