You won't get any flames from me. Though I'm a newbie to autox, my recent
posts are very much in line with yours. I got only a single
acknowledgement of any kind -- private or public -- and that one was
positive (but confidential).
It would be unthinkable to have a letter on the side of the car for any
other kind of minority group (meaning, minority of autoxers) that autoxers
would like to encourage to participate in the sport -- surely that applies
to the "L".
Richard "What a Lot of Nerve!" Nichols
San Diego, CA USA
rnichol1@san.rr.com
86 Ford Mustang SVO (61B) - 1C
(The Thinking Man's Mustang)
72 Ford Pinto 2.0 (62B) - 3J
(Over Three Million Served)
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> From: PaxsACR@aol.com
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Herstory
> Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 8:04 AM
>
> A wonderful speech, and I agree wholeheartedly, but I keep flashing back
to
> last year when I suggested that the L classes be removed and replaced by
> intermediate open classes. The dissenting opinions I recieved were mostly
from
> women, Katie included. Well, Shauna it seems had the courage break the
mold
> and I hope she starts a revolution. The general opinion that I saw was
"It's
> about time", not the "She's got something to prove." that was expected.
> At what point do we transition from the "giving the wives something to
do" of
> the 60's, to a pure competition of driving skill-gender not an issue? My
> opinion is that women need to make the change, refuse to drive in the
ladies
> classes, throw off the crutch and deal with whatever obstacles come up.
Shauna
> has started this and unless other women follow her lead, her achievement
will
> become a footnote in the history of autoX. Katie, what class are you
running
> this year?-- :)
> As for Lynn's racing series, I'm torn. It gives women a wonderful
oportunity
> to showcase their driving ability, but will it translate into more women
> ending up behind the wheel, maybe. I think the smarter route would be for
Lynn
> to find a NASCAR ride and go beat up on Jeff Gordon, preferably with a
car
> done up in Victoria's Secret livery. You think I'm being funny, but
sposorship
> is key to racing and most of the sponsors in racing are appealing to the
male
> demographic. If you want more women competing in motorsports, you have to
get
> them in front of the TV with their husbands on Sunday afternoon and
buying the
> products that are touted there on all that flashy paint. Show the
companies
> that appeal to the female demographic that they can sell products through
> racing, and you'll have more oportunities for women, more women
interested in
> racing, and an overall better attitude twords women in motorsports.
>
> ooooo, I can't wait to see the flames this generates- Mike can I borrow
your
> Nomex?
>
> Pax Rolfe '74 RX2 - CSP
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