[Fot] Video from Charlotte

[John Hasty]

Jim. Did you consider the NASCAR race @ Mid Ohio boring?

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On Aug 22, 2013, at 2:38 AM, sherry robyn <sherryjimmy6116 at att.net> wrote:

> I really wasn't knocking this particular event in Charlotte.  I have just
seen
> this trend coming for a while now and just got through watching the last
Grand
> Am event on TV that was held in Kansas at an oval track using the infield.
I
> believe that the folks that run the race series are saying that they need
to
> go where the fans are and where the money is.  On top of that, Formula One
> spends its whole time trying to convince American motorsports fans that
> Formula One is not boring.  If the fan base is that fickle, then let them
go
> watch NASCAR.  Jim
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jack Mc
> <LimeyV8 at aol.com>
> To: sherry robyn <sherryjimmy6116 at att.net>
> Cc: Mike Munson
> <fasttrs at yahoo.com>; "fot at autox.team.net" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent:
> Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Video from Charlotte
> Ah...you realize this was an SCCA event, right? There were NO paying
> spectators. SCCA events are all about what the racers want to race - it has
> nothing whatever to do with spectators - and you would have been hard
pressed
> to find a single real NASCAR fan all weekend
>
> Still, I lament the field
> composition as much as you do. There were only 2 E Prod cars in the field -
40
> years ago, most of the cars might have been British - Far less these days.
> Cheers,
> Jack Mc
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 21, 2013, at 9:16 PM, sherry robyn
> <sherryjimmy6116 at att.net> wrote:
>
>> Nice video but I hate the current trend of
> sports car racing in the USA.  It's
>> like the bulk of American motor sport
> spectators are so shallow that they can
>> only keep up with cars that look
> like something in their driveway that
>> are going around in circles.  Yes, I
> realize that there is plenty of action in
>> the infield and that turn one off
> the bank is tough but I don't like appeasing
>> these spectators that believe
> all auto racing is some form or another of
>> NASCAR.  Jim
>>
>>
>>
> ________________________________
>> From: Mike Munson
>> <fasttrs at yahoo.com>
>>
> To: "fot at autox.team.net" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent:
>> Wednesday, August 21,
> 2013 1:08 PM
>> Subject: [Fot] Video from Charlotte
>> While we are sharing
> videos, heres one from my race at Charlotte this past
>> weekend.
>> You can
> also see fellow FOTer Joe Downer (Chumpcar Tr6) in a black
>> Midget.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     http://youtu.be/vJvtUaXk-u0
>>
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