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I thought you guys might like this, it was sent to Channel 4 by Ken and
Chelsea Snyder.
Paul
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Something I sent in, I'll let you know if I get a response. In the meantime,
let's get some people mobilized and flood them with e-mail, letting them know
we're out there and deserve at least as much coverage as rugby
gets...................
Take Care,
Ken
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:40:18 EDT
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Since you've obviously exhausted your list of stick-and-ball stories (down to
amateur women's rugby) here's a hot tip: THERE IS LOCAL AUTO RACING, AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN ARE EITHER PARTICIPATING OR WATCHING IT IN PERSON.
I know there's not any overpaid and underperforming primadonnas like the
NBA, NFL or MLB but there's plenty of action, and not just a "few good
crashes" as one asinine reporter was heard to say when asked about some
coverage a few years ago.
I see that you can give kids cameras and send them out to every silly little
game they play, even send out a helicopter for crying out loud, but report on
local auto racing -- only when something goes terribly wrong and someone gets
hurt, or worse. There's no excuse for this disregard of local auto racing,
we actually have to work a 40 hour week (something certainly foreign to your
reporters) then come home and spend evenings working on our machines so we
can be ready for racing. Friday nights, Saturdays or Sundays are spent
testing our abilities as well as our machines, sometimes for a capacity crowd
at a local track, sometimes just for the group that we participate with. We
either get a little paycheck that doesn't even cover our expenses or none at
all. And we return again and again, not because we'll get rich (we never do)
but because we love to compete, plain and simple.
So here's your chance. I know for a fact that any local track would welcome
some reporting on a weekly basis. Not every minute of every day, just some
mentioning of the results and perhaps a spotlight on a local competitor from
time to time. You do that for some kid that's only going to go to some
school on a scholarship to learn basketweaving or some other lame "degree",
then leave before they get their "education" to sign a multimillion dollar
contract and become a "role model" -- substance abusing, lawbreaking,
disrespectful -- something I really want my son to look up to, right?
Anyway, there's even a group of local racers that'll be putting on an event
in a place you already know well, the Sports Complex, overflow lot, all day
Sunday. The Crown Autocross Club will be holding a charity event, with all
proceeds going to the Dream Factory. Costs nothing to come out and watch, so
quit making excuses and give racing some coverage.
Sure as hell beats another boring golf story.............
Ken Snyder
Chelsea Snyder Racing
Mazda RX-7 CSPL #3 and CSP #7
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