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Conference oass::racers

Title:	Racers and Racing
Notice:	As long as it's not NASCAR or F1 or Drags...
Moderator:	RHETT::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Aug 08 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	391
Total number of notes:	4486

238.0. "Another reason to hate Saddam Hussein " by IAMOK::ALLEGREZZA (George Allegrezza @VRO) Mon Jan 14 1991 09:14

    When the fur starts flying in the Persian Gulf, auto racing is going to
    come under intense scrutiny from the public, and may be subject to fuel
    rationing or even an outright ban in the United States (and perhaps
    other countries as well).  The Daytona 500 (3rd weekend in February)
    may coincide with the peak of the fighting, bringing much notoriety of
    an unpleasant kind to our sport.
    
    What steps can the auto racing communicty take to head off the
    potential for negative publicity?  If fuel is rationed, how should
    racing be cut back?  Length restrictions, or reduced numbers of events,
    or reduced fields, or some combination of the above?  If bans are
    proposed, how can racing (based on fragile financial relationships)
    maintain its critical mass of participants, manufacturers, sponsors,
    and fans until the war ends and competiton can resume?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
238.1	Silly really	VANTEN::MITCHELLD	............<42`-`o>	`Mon Jan 14 1991 11:40`	9
	There's more fuel used in Baseball and Football. The amount of fuel actually used on the track is totally insignificant compared to fuel used in attending ANY sporting event. But since when did politicians use logic? Example: Fuel to drive to and from event 10 gallons Fuel consumed at event by the race car 3 gallons There's 250 competitors at a motorsport event but 10,000+ "away supporters" at football matches. Thats 100,000 gallons compared to 750.
238.2	Not to Mention ...	BUTTON::BROWN		`Mon Jan 14 1991 12:11`	6
	Not to mention fuel used to heat and cool arenas and domed stadia or that Indy cars use methonal, an often proposed alternative fuel. But if people were rational... Gary
238.3	racing facts	ELMAGO::PGORDON		`Mon Jan 14 1991 12:33`	11
	I believe that letters, with statistics/comparisons as in response #2, to various magazines (Autoweek, Ontrack, etc.) and newspapers will help in heading off the "unpleasant notoriety" toward auto racing. If anyone can provide those types of statistics it would be helpful to the rest of us to back up any letters we may want to write. Get the facts out there to dispell the rumors. Peg.
238.4	slow down	BEING::MCCULLEY	RSX Pro	`Mon Jan 14 1991 14:26`	5
	I'd wait to start writing letters until there's an attack. Problem with trying to forestall any possible attack is that it might just serve to suggest a target and to widen the audience. I'd certainly be prepared to respond, but I don't think I would want to see any letters to try to "head off" (per .3) unpleasant notoriety.
238.5	:)	BOOKIE::HASTIE		`Tue Feb 19 1991 15:57`	4
	How about we just limit all driving to people who really ENJOY it? --Lillian