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

To: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
Subject: Re: Solo on TV, Again ( was re: GRM/best )
From: Mark Hirt <Mark.Hirt@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 18:06:10 -0600
One word "sponsorship". The lumberjack shows probably buy air time
(just like CART) some sponsor pays the bill. Poof your on TV.

Of course if SCCA did it they would probably hire Mr. Video to shot
the action. Anybody else think that after a couple heats the cameraman
would be able to follow a car on course.



On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:58:21 -0500 (EST), David Hillman wrote:
>   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?


 Mark Hirt

 Mark.Hirt@attbi.com
 http://home.attbi.com/~nxracer/

 I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

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