I think it is because their sport looks dangerous. Slow moving vehicles
navigating cones in a parking lot don't look dangerous.
Maybe it is easier to sell a show if it is dangerous. Why else would they
show a lot of crashing and carnage when they show the highlights of a race
on TV?
jmb
PS - autox cars are not that slow but compared to other motorsports that
the average guy sees on TV they are slow.
> I could buy that explanation... if I hadn't just seen "Timbersports" on
>TV several times this weekend, again.
>
> Someone still needs to explain to me, like I'm a six year old; how fat,
>hairy guys standing stock still with ear-splitting saws chewing up
>perfectly good logs for no good reason is significantly more "visually
>interesting" than autocrossing, especially ProSolo. Okay, occasionally
>they show fat, hairy guys using an axe.
>
> Or is it just that the market for performance logging equipment is so
>much larger than the automotive market?
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