Drag Racing Edge

[John DiBartolomeo]

Just to clear things up, the previous magazine (Drag Racing Action) folded because both myself and ad partner quit and the publishing company was reluctant to find someone else to take it over. They were great to work for and took very good care of us but the title of the book meant little and may as well have been Brides, Guns, Guitars, etc. We both left to start the Drag Racing Scene publication for Xceleration Media. However, we got a better offer to begin Drag Racing Edge and henceforth the reason for my change.

As for Charles Rutherford, I appreciate your comments. You really might not have an idea as to how well they are received. Obviously it is nice to hear the compliments, but it really is refreshing to hear what we're doing wrong. (Don't open up the floodgates for that though...) That's what makes us better. As for current magazines becoming "thinly disguised advertisements for a particular product," unfortunately it happens because we serve two factions, readers and advertisers. I'm not particularly fond of it either but it is what media publications (all of them) have become today. I try hard to to succumb to that style of writing but sometimes it just comes across that way.

All that being said... Tell me what you'd like to see stories on. Not speaking for Mr Voegelin and obviously no one can speak for Collison, but running out of ideas does come to mind. Sometimes I think we've already told all the good stories, but maybe not. johnd@dragracingedge.com. Let me hear it.