| Author |
Message |
    
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 03:37 pm: | 
|
Jim what we have done is "ptich" the story to various editors. We have also provided quality press information to the mags after the event.
Cycle World did a major story on LSR, unfortunatly it featured Speed Week so we where not there. I can't fault them for wanting Speed Week, if I was pitiching a Bonneville story to a magazine the biggest and best event would be the one I would try to sell.
American Rider did the same thing.
Despite this over the last two years, and I hope that this will be agin true, we have probably gotten more inches of magazine copy and photographs than ALL other LSR motorcycle teams.
We have been in all the major US mags, this year we are in some Euro mags as well, with very nice coverage.
This past year we had a chance for some pretty spectacular coverage that would have really raised our profile but we had a small problem. It rained. Hence the folks coming out to cover the story went elsewhere and then were already booked for the event we did run.
Jim, I don't take offense, in fact I am always open to volunteers and suggestions and I think the rest of the team is also. |
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 04:07 pm: |
|
FMjim, send me an email davegess@compuserve.com. I will send you the team elves press release I had written for the rain out.
One of the things we had planned this years was press releases for individuals to use with there local press. With the rain out I forgot about it and should have sent you one as you ran. |
Aaron
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 04:29 pm: |
|
My interest in getting ink is purely to help out the folks who've helped us.
When I think about how much help we've received from Axtell and Cycle-Rama, and the amount of risk those folks took when they got behind us, it's hard to imagine that it's even possible to give them a good promotional return on their dollar. We just do whatever we can do.
Bottom line, these are just good people who did what they did more for the love of racing and being involved than any for sound business rationale. We're very fortunate to have folks like that around. |
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 04:52 pm: |
|
One of the very cool things about Bonneville is that it is so non commercial. People spending their own money to go racing and have some fun.
Nothing againest the big buck F1 folks but I like the grass roots stuff better. Maybe why I like sandlot baseball more thna the big leagues.
Sir Stirling Moss was asked recently if he would like to be racing F1 today and he said some thing like "Sure because it would mean I was 21 and it would be nice to be 21 again but would I enjoy racing today as much as I enjoyed it back then? NO. Then it was sport and today it is very very big business."
I have to agree with him. I like going to the races where I can talk to the racers and see the equiptment up close. |
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 05:04 pm: |
|
I like NASCAR more before TIDE was a sponsor. I liked Indy cars more when Bowes Seal Fast was a big money sponsor not Hyatt Hotels.
I like it when A.J.Foyt could tell a reporter to go to hell and not worry about ruining the corporate image. Smokey Yunick could punch somebody who had spun him out at Daytona and he wouldn't get fined.
I do like Tony Stewart but I am sure they will sand him down and polish him off so that you can't tell him from Jefbie Gorhardt. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 05:08 pm: |
|
that's a big draw for me in going to flattrack races . . . .these folks do everything right out in the open . . . .. can't buy a pit pass most places, but CAN wander through the pits a watch from inches away . . .
just don't get inbtween Springsteen and whereever he's goin . . .. the man won't see you when his race face is on |
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 05:28 pm: |
|
Springer is cool. I love flat track also. People racing for just fun. There is just enough money in it to allow folks like Springer to do it for a living.
My fave Springer story. Back in 1995 or so Daytona was paying a bonus for the best combine finish between the Saturday night short track race and the 200 miler. Jay had mostly overcome his stomach problems at that time and had a good shot at nice short track finish and he had a decent ride in the 200 so had a real chand eto score some nice cash.
He crashed hard in the final Saturday night but they red flagged it as a result and he was running hard, not up front but not last, when his rear tire went flat and he just sorta slid oout and his race was over.
Still wanted to race Sunday of course.
I see him at the track Sunday looking pretty glum with his arm in a sling. Turns out his first crash had broken his wrist and sprained his shoulder. He said he did not go the doctor 'cause they would have scratched him from the 200. Woke at 4 in the morning in such pain that he had no choice.
How tough do you have to be to run 20 more laps of a short track with a brioken wrist?
When they xrayed him they said it was good news bad news. The bad news the wrist is broken, the good news the last break has healed up nicely. Springer says "What break, didn't know it was broken"
Dispite his very tough weekend his glum look would disapppear when a fan walked up. Always "Glad to meet you, thanks for coming by"
A real nice fellow. Who knows how many races he could have won and how far he could have gone if his body hadn't let him down.
Dave |
Bomber
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 05:39 pm: |
|
Springer is aces . . . .AND, as you say, a real gentleman .. . . . had breakfast with him years ago, quit by accident .. .. great conversation, and apparently genuinely enthused about the fans |
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 05:58 pm: |
|
No artifice that I could se on Jay. Just a guy goin' racin' |
Jim_Witt
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 06:03 pm: |
|
Dave wrote:
Jim, I don't take offense, in fact I am always open to volunteers and suggestions and I think the rest of the team is also.
Good, hope not,
I wrote a short, nice and sweeet e-mail to Ironworks editor, since I subscribe to their ragazine. Plus I had a 4 page article done back in 1997 on a 42 WLA restoration. I'll let you know what they end up saying.
Cheers,
-JW:> |
Davegess
| | Posted on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 10:28 pm: |
|
BTW anyone seen the new Fuell? Team elves is in it with a short note on the 200 mph record.
And a few other interseting pictures..
Dave |
Rattler
| | Posted on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 01:31 pm: |
|
**I wrote a short, nice and sweeet e-mail to Ironworks editor, since I subscribe to their ragazine. ***
That happened with me once Jim..I sent them an email...lo & behold it was printed in the letters to the editor...I thought that was odd...as I didn't intend it as an open letter. At any rate, it wasn't any LSR subjects or nothing like that.
So, be careful if you use their email system! Just some info. PS, I have always liked Ironworks compared to some other rags, Dennis Stemp was a cool dude, Dangerous Dain seems to be decent as an editor also....it's the only bike rag I still get that's HD specific.
I do get a feeling...sort of..that Salt flat racing (Read this as "Speed Week" more than anything) may go the way of F1 & all other racing sports..it will lose it's amateur appeal due to big business, although amateurs will always have a place there.
Dale A. |
Jim_Witt
| | Posted on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 02:49 pm: |
|
Dale,
In the past 3 years I've sent the editor e-mails about Team Elves and/or Bonneville related information, everyone of them was published.
Cheers,
-JW:> |
|
