It is true that mainstream television doesn't cover or understand international motorsports. Like you said, "thank god for speedvision." Paul
Christian Skofteland wrote: > Paul, I agree that American car companies are interested but it's the > American public (and more to the point, the American TV broadcasters) that > show little interest. Thank god for Speedvision. If it wasn't for that > channel I would not be able to watch any motor racing except NASCAR. > > Yes the Vipers and Cadillacs do well but we don't get to watch them do well > unless we go to the races (or maybe see them tape-delayed on ESPN a week or > month late). > > Christian > > On Monday 21 January 2002 00:25, you wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 21:00:56 -0500, Christian Skofteland wrote: > > > > People in America are so ignorant about > > > > international motorsports.... > > > > I don't think that's necessarily true. The Formula One race at Indy has > > attracted a tremendous amount of support in its two year run, and earlier > > ventures at Detroit, Watkins Glen and elsewhere were well supported by > > fans. Some were abandoned because of unreasonable demands from Ecclestone > > and his motorsports mafia, but the support and interest have always been > > there. In recent sports car racing venues, Dodge Vipers have won their > > class at Le Mans, and the new Cadillacs have performed quite well. We are > > interested in International Motorsports and American automakers are > > supportive of the various series, but we have other motorsport interests > > as well. > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
