So instead of cones, maybe we throw in a few chainsaw
corners. Come to close and you lose part of your
car!!!!
Cary
--- JonesMB <jonesmb@arthem.com> wrote:
> 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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