Phil E. writes " Also, Britcar listers, is there
sufficiant interest in my Spridget autocrossing reports in the Britcar
list, or should I only post them to the autocross list?"
Phil and others too, I'd suggest that you not send longish reports to SOL
unless they contain interesting cultural items. I can describe my reactions
and I think they apply to others as well:
While they are interesting, I simply don't have time to read long articles that
aren't really special. (I have gotten this same viewpoint from other people on
other occasions.) I love autocrossing (though I do little of it nowadays),
but reports of them don't hold enough substance to interest me as much as a
race report would. And a race report would not be that interesting either, at
least as a routine posting. It is more interesting to read of someone's
adventures at a drivers school or first race, or of someone's efforts to get
a vintage LBC running in racing form. These are interesting because of the
necessary human effort to overcome personal or mechanical problems. Someone's
(KirkB?) recent description of a drivers school effort reminded me of my days
as a corner worker. But I don't have the time to read those things too much.
Again, the problem isn't one of content, but of length. A *short* note on
winning or losing, breaking something or finishing, or bettering one's own
results or placing higher than some Honda that beat you the last time, now
those would be fine. A long blow-by-blow of what is essentially a routine
effort is probably not appropriate. Many other SOL'ers are not as oriented
to competition as I am, and many are far more so. Those that are more so
are probably on mjb's autocross list anyway.
So I suggest we cool the long reports. Of course everyone wants to hear of
someone success or failures. Shakespeare made his living exploiting that
facet of human nature...
Jim Muller
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