ill add more. if you want young blood, then this is the path to take.
if you dont, then you're on the right course. I would imagine an active population does not encourage the arrogant participation of the younger crowd. But you're not going to attract the guys with deep pockets, more money than sense, rocket scientists, nascar fans or career oriented drivers in this class. So that beg's the question, if you're not attracting the next gen amateur racer, who are you trying to attract? and the rocket scientist quip is not meant to offend, but I am assuming this group is among those who want to drive their car instead of tinker with it incessantly. Those guys have vintage racing and rotaries to play with :) On 3/14/07, Lee Tilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The excerpt below from Flash's post is a very important observation. > > When I first began looking at formula cars, I didn't really take notice > of F500 because there wasn't any readily available info on the cars. I > happened > to stumble across this mail list and also a very nice modern forum. I am > an Internet fanatic so I immediately began posting on the "forum-style" > message board. I didn't get much response to my questions other than to > use the mail list. Although I have come to appreciate all of the help I > have received from the mail list, I must say it is the biggest PITA to > use and read. Young folks who have grown up with the Internet have come > to use modern forums for anything and everything. > > This may seem trivial, but groups that use modern means to foster an > Internet-based community of information sharing certainly have a leg up > on our group. I don't want to have to weed through 200 emails to find a > post about tire mounting. And you can forget the search function. I want > to go to a tech area, or off topic area, or events area, etc. I want > pictures in my messages. I really feel that moving this community to the > more modern forum would increase the amount of folks asking questions > about the class. > > In fact, lately I have been reading the specmiata.com forum just to see > what the class is about. The feeling of comraderie and ease of use found > on that forum has inspired me to explore adding a spec miata to my > stable. Again, it has nothing to do with not liking my car (I love it!); > it has more to do with feeling like I am part of a community that is > pulling in the same direction. > > I know I haven't contributed to this community much only because I know > just enough to get in trouble. However, I do have a background in > Internet services ( manage a major government multimedia and Internet > services division) and would be happy to assist in getting us modernized. > > Thanks for "listening", > > Lee > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > Re: [F500] Class survival. - losing vs. gaining - an outsider's > > viewpoint. > > From: > > "Flash." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: > > Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:02:52 -0500 > > To: > > [email protected] > > > > To: > > [email protected] > > > > > > Take a look at your community for a moment. As a spec miata driver we > have > > the obvious specmiata.com to support that angle, and we have miata.net. > > Both have extensive memberships, huge aftermarket and manufacturer > support, > > and they easily advertise themselves. Where is f500's simple, generic > > resource on getting in and getting the wheels spinning. (think about > other > > specific examples, i.e. vw vortex for some of the production classes, > > bimmerworld for those guys, etc, etc). Also, where is SCCA magazine and > GRM > > magazine support? I don't think I've ever seen an interesting write up > on > > what an f500 is or what the class is about. > -- http://beatracing.com 97 STS2 CRX & 97 SpecMiata ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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! ***
