Listen Team.netters! I'm not getting wound up and making a big deal of
Sports Car and NAP picking the winners. I just don't like it when they
make the picks without knowing all the facts. I know it's just for fun,
and I guess I am outnumbered on this one. So I am sorry if I caused any
grief in team.net land. And this the last thing I have to say on the
subject, I'm out!!!!!!!
Scotty *BOB* White wrote:
>
> Adam,
> it's just for fun, don't get so wound up... They coulda slammed your
> brother and said *he has a really fast car* implying that the car is the
> only reason for mentioning him, or as though a monkey could drive it and do
> just as well in it because the car is the only reason he is mentioned there
> at all ... ;-)
>
> sbw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Popp <raft321@fuse.net>
> To: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>; autox@autox.team.net
> <autox@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Pick the winners?
>
> >Yeah, but u made a few mistakes. That's all I am saying. It seems like u
> >guys take it serious though. I saw a line in there that said something
> >like Frank Stagnaro makes it hard for us pick against him every year,
> >when we seem we r right when we pick him and u picked him again this
> >year. It's not that fun to read when u pick the same people over and
> >over again. Why don't u pick Buddy Jasmine, Ron Ver Hulm or Gordon
> >Kinney. And u guys picked Gary Milligan, and John Ames when somebody
> >said that John has been running in a different class and Milligan isn't
> >even going to the Nationals this year. And I also saw a mistake, at
> >least I hope it was where It said if Mary Brotz and Mary Wentzel both
> >enter they should win. Well that is the same person. I know that picking
> >the winners is just for fun, but I think u and the other pickers in
> >sportscar and NAP should put a little more effort in making your
> >selections!!
> >
> >
> >
> >Kelly, Katie wrote:
> >>
> >> I just want to say a couple of things regarding this Pick the Winners
> >> controversy. Maybe a few.
> >>
> >> 1) We're not voting for Prom Queen.
> >>
> >> 2) Writers for SportsCar were asked to submit their picks long before
> there
> >> was even an entry list.
> >>
> >> 3) NAP suckered a really nice guy into doing this for nine years because
> no
> >> one else has enough balls. He's pretty isolated down in Georgia, but I
> think
> >> he does a fair job regardless. :)
> >>
> >> 4) Rita Wilsey is more than deserving to be mentioned as a contender in
> BSP,
> >> though I haven't seen her name on the entry list yet. Adam Popp is too,
> as
> >> are many, many other fine folks in that class. I ran in BSPL a few years
> >> ago, and I know the talent in that class, and I know Rita, so I can say
> with
> >> great confidence picking Rita is hardly a slam on the other competitors.
> I
> >> can hardly fault Dick Berger's selection. I just hope she goes!
> >>
> >> 5) If we really knew who would win Nationals, we wouldn't even bother
> going
> >> to Topeka. This is supposed to be for fun! It's just something to add a
> >> little drama before Nationals, to increase our excitement (and anxiety)
> >> levels to such an extreme that it's all we can think about.
> >>
> >> I really wish people wouldn't take this stuff so seriously. And I can
> speak
> >> from both sides, being a picker, and even sometimes a pickee. I
> understand
> >> the psychological ramifications of not being picked to win when you think
> >> you have a shot. On the other hand, this is really just some people being
> >> very silly, trying to create some hype.
> >>
> >> It's like this story Dick Berger told me a few years ago. He picked some
> guy
> >> to win in EP, some guy in an Audi. Howard Wolf, who eventually won the
> class
> >> that year, asked Dick, "Who is that guy, Dick? You really think he's
> going
> >> to win?"
> >>
> >> And Dick said, "Possibly, in a hurricane, he might have a chance."
> >>
> >> "Well, then why'd you pick him?"
> >>
> >> "Because now you know who he is, and for three minutes at the Solo II
> >> Nationals this guy's going to be noticed."
> >>
> >> Sometimes, being human, we don't just pick whom we THINK we win. We pick
> >> whom we'd like to SEE win. I know for my SportsCar picks, I picked some
> >> people who on paper didn't look as good as some more obvious choices, but
> I
> >> also know who they are and what they're about, and I know they have the
> >> potential and the desire, so there you go. It it MY FAULT they decided
> not
> >> to go to Nationals this year? Cut me some slack, please! God forbid if
> Solo
> >> II ever becomes televized, when our media can no longer perform this sick
> >> and warped practice of rooting for underdogs, which I am all for, 100%.
> >>
> >> Which reminds me. I have to go back and vote for myself.
> >>
> >> Katie K.
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Adam Popp [SMTP:raft321@fuse.net]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:48 PM
> >> > To: autox@autox.team.net
> >> > Subject: Re: Pick the winners?
> >> >
> >> > If Gary Milligan changed his mind and came back this year for the
> >> > nationals, they should put the cone rule in affect for him so they can
> >> > make AM competitive, because the past three years his phantom and him
> >> > have won by about 4 seconds more every year.
> >> > And what's up with SportsCar and North American Pylon. Why do
> >> > they make the picks whith out knowing all the facts. They pick Rita
> >> > Wisley in B/SP??? What's up with that? She's a good driver, but I don't
> >> > think she will win B/SP. My brother comes into mind. I think SportsCar
> >> > doesn't put enough effort into their picks and North American Pylon
> >> > doesn't either. It seems like they pick the same people every year.
> >> > Using the words of Dennis Miller, of course that's my opinion and I
> >> > could be wrong. I'm out!
> >> > >
> >> > > Jeff Winchell wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > >Like in AM, Gary Milligan is not on the list. I think a lot of
> >> > > > > people will pick him, if he is on. Unless the Milligan pick is to
> >> > easy
> >> > > > > and u r not putting him on there because of his phantom.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Well SportsCar picked him even though he is not going to be
> >> > > > running.<s> The Phantom is staying home this year.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > And SportsCar and NAP picked John Ames in ESP and I don't think
> >> > > > he's run an ESP event this year (he ran in SS at the NT this
> >> > > > weekend). There were other examples of that in the recent
> >> > > > SportsCar and NAP articles.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I like how they do it based on who's registered so far, plus you
> can
> >> > > > update your choices when more registrations come in.
> >> > > > Jeff Winchell
> >> > > > http://PonyCar.Net
> >
> >
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