Erin... Come by and find me and we'll talk.
Take care, Rob Howden Publisher / Editor-in Chief - ekartingnews.com - Super Kart Illustrated - eformulacarnews.com - FormulaCar Magazine Ph: 519-624-2003 Fax: 519-624-0053 P.O. Box 580 Cambridge, Ontario Canada N1R 5W1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:23 PM Subject: RE: [F500] racing car counts > Ron, > I just recently subscribed to your magazine and am also only in my second > year of F500 racing. First, I want to congratulate you on your magazine, > especially the photography. The pictures are outstanding, but I don't see > many F500 in the magazine. Perhaps if you are going to the Glen this > weekend you could do some interviews and take a few pictures for a brief > article for an upcoming issue. It may not be of primary interest to your > general audience, but the F500 community could use the articles or reprints > for publicity for the cause. Especially if you gave us reprint rights for > such an article. > Tx > Eric Dean > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Howden > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [F500] racing car counts > > Guys...please consider FormulaCar Magazine in your discussions on this > subject. If we can do anything, just drop me a line. I'm all for helping > to cover a Challenge-style Regional program like the FFords EWC and would > devote some editorial space to it. > > I know that the guys in the Central and Great Lakes Divisions and looking to > organize a formula car restricted Regional in 2007...F500 needs to be there > with 20 cars. > > Take care, > > Rob Howden > Publisher / Editor-in Chief > - ekartingnews.com > - Super Kart Illustrated > - eformulacarnews.com > - FormulaCar Magazine > Ph: 519-624-2003 > Fax: 519-624-0053 > P.O. Box 580 > Cambridge, Ontario > Canada N1R 5W1 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [F500] racing car counts > > > > Wow, I just stumbled onto this thread via my seldom used Comcast mail. I > think > > my > > spam filter is killing a lot of messages... > > > > This is serious stuff and we better get off our collective fannies and > find a > > way to hit the > > track. Jay is right, we need the dialogue to continue and focus on > solutions. > > I don't have > > any bright ideas right now, but I'm scared into the thinking mode. That > being > > said, there is > > a high probability that we'll be a DNS at RA this weekend (trailer issue). > We > > will make as > > many of the remaining races as possible. > > > > Lets keep this thread alive. And yes, Jeremy, get your car out of the > shop. > > > > Charlie > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "Jay Novak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I think that several classes are in trouble with car counts. Obviously > > > costs have increased a lot in the last few years & certainly this is a > big > > > factor. However it is interesting to note that Spec Miata races are > seeing > > > anywhere from 25 to 40 car fields at many races. These cars probably > cost > > > about the same to run as an F500. I suspect that additional restraints > on > > > car counts has to do with prep time as well as the $$ to race. > > > > > > In F500 we need to do everything we can to help car counts and to > improve > > > our cars from a cost perspective. With the SCCA increasing classes & > then > > > limiting the Runoffs to the top 24 classes thing will get tougher in the > > > future for classes with marginal counts. > > > > > > In the last 4 years out car counts have gone from about 7.5/race to > about > > > 5.5/race. This is not a good trend. > > > > > > Let's start a dialog on how we can improve F500 car counts. > > > > > > > > > Thanks ... Jay Novak > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > > > > _______________________________________________ > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
