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Re: Solo on TV, Again ( was re: GRM/best )

To: cary_alpert@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Solo on TV, Again ( was re: GRM/best )
From: jeff@winchell.com
Date: 18 Dec 2001 15:47:03 -0800
Coming to a Fox TV station near you....

BattleCross

Chainsaws, spikes, bumpy sections all appearing at random on the course... it 
wouldn't take much work to change Forbes Field North Course for this.


On Tue, 18 December 2001, cary alpert wrote:

> 
> 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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