ROTFLMAO! I love the reaction I get...but you know it would work.
Mike
on 12/20/01 10:11 AM, hottvr@birch.net at hottvr@birch.net wrote:
> 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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