Well the Autox on TV thread has once again reared its ugly head.
It can't be long now before the Autox in the Olympics thread
surfaces?? You know the winter games are just a month away or so.
Imagine autox ice racing in the winter games. Wow!!!! We could
get Roger or Karen to fly in and setup the course. And we could
get a bigtime sponsor and we could? and we could??? Uhhh????
Mike(always cynical)B. 99cm
On Dec 20, Michael King <mapco@att.net> wrote:
>
> As far as Solo2 being marketable on TV...the answer has to be yes.
Has
> anyone caught Import Auto Tour on Speedvision? Someone shoot me
now...They
> show a few tricked out cars, a couple of absolute shameless plugs
for
> Mothers car products, and a couple runs down the dragstrip, not to
mention
> the bikini contest. The only thing I think we lack as autocrossers
at our
> events is the wax sponsor and the bikini contest. Hey, we can even
combine
> the two...anyone interested?
>
> But sponsorship is the key. What kind of wax do we use to keep our
airdam
> looking nice after a cone hits it at 65mph? Mothers! How do we keep
our oil
> clean? Fram!...ahem...Couple runs down the drag strip with our tow
vehicles
> to boot. What kind of tires do you run on your STS car? Toyo!..or
whatever.
> And they're happy, screaming tires! That's the way to work this.
Thats how
> Import Auto Tour does it. Keeps my bored mind watching at 9:30 on a
Monday
> night...
>
> Mike King
>
>
> on 12/20/01 9:06 AM, bthatch@juno.com at bthatch@juno.com wrote:
>
> > After watching World Rally Championship coverage on Speedvision a
week
> > ago, I believe Solo II (autocross) could very well be a hit on TV.
It's
> > simply a matter of getting interesting camera angles, and hooking
up with
> > the hottest competition between drivers. Forget covering the whole
event
> > (BORING). Focus on in-car cameras looking at the hands, feet,
shifting
> > with an inset view out the windshield. Edit in the great spins and
slides
> > and the human side of the competition.
> >
> > There could be great coverage of the technical side, also. A 30
minute
> > show for an event (including ads) max.
> >
> > The whole thing is doable with enough money thrown at it (read
> > sponsorship, here).
> >
> > IMO it would be neat for SCCA to contract Matt Murray, Roger
Johnson, Bob
> > Tunnell and Rich Fletcher to put on a pilot program and see if we
could
> > attract a sponsor.
> >
> > Ben Thatcher
> >
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