Jeremy wrote....
"Notwithstanding Pursey's contention .. I actually have nothing against
tintops - in fact I started my race career in Escorts and still have =
very
fond memories."
I note the final placings in the 1976 Australian Touring Car =
Championship and there is a certain J Braithwaite in an Escort - what =
happened to that car?
"Back to your comments though - the speedway guys seem to understand
promotion in a way that is competely foreign to vintage race promoters. =
I
suspect that the main reaosn for this is that speedway doesn't work
financially if they don't get a crowd - whereas in vintage racing we are
paying to race. We also don't race frequently enough to build up a =
regular
race crowd."
I think one problem was the CAMS attitude towards Historics. If a =
promoter undertook extensive advertising to attract spectators then CAMS =
would require the promoter to upgrade the status of the race meeting and =
(surprise, surprise) pay a larger licence fee. This has now started to =
change, so we should expect to see more promotion in future, I hope.
Tin tops, in the shape of Group N Classic Touring Cars, have been an =
invited category to act as a support feature at various major race =
meetings over the past seasons - see Appendix J info at =
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~appendj/. As a result the historic tourers =
have attracted a following and some television coverage (albeit =
sometimes some time after the event). Maybe there should be greater =
encouragement of Historic categories as support races at major race =
meetings - it might increase interest and attract new competitors?
....regards...Andrew "Axeman" Pursey....1955 Morris Oxford (racing in =
Group Na pre'58 Classic Saloons), 1956 Morris Isis (almost a daily =
driver) and 1996 Saab 900S Coupe (quality worse than most LBCs and Saab =
attitude to customers worse than BL ever was back in the 70s - don't buy =
a Saab)....alternate email saabsux@hotmail.com
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