Rich, as well-intentioned as the suface-spin seems (after all, who
wants to argue against equal treatment for women?) the details do seem
to indicate that this is more motivated by the desire to capture media
attention and ratings than to actually create a serious race series
for women. If the goal were the latter, why are they excluding anyone
with racing experience? Why do they announce that they are filtering
for charisma and personality? Did A.J. Foyt have a great personality?
The "formula" here really does seem to be a lot like the MTV "be a
racecar driver" tryouts: demonstrate a certain level of competence, and
then make a final decision based on an interview. They want P.R., not
skills. They said it in the press release.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:59:33PM -0000, Richard Urschel wrote:
> John wrote:
> >Related to an earlier discussion, this came in the mail today.
>
> Then various members of the supposedly enlightened SFR autox community wrote:
>
> > What a joke. It reeks of the Rally Racer scam.
>
> >internal project code name: "Formula Babes"
>
> >The competitors can't have ANY racing experience! What kind of doors are
>they opening, besides the doors of disaster?!
>
> >And the RX-8 is NOT a "Formula" car. WTF???
>
> It's a testament to the Human spirit that any of us ever try to do anything
>besides cowering in our conformance boxes hiding from our critics.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
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john@idsfa.net John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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