How do we promote sportsman type racing?

SSDA Hemi · 10-17-2011, 09:00 PM

OMG, Some excellent posts so far.

First, to this years true sportsman promoters, Toby Lang, Patsy and Larry Hill, Jack Matayas, Tom Sheehan, David Smith and the countless others who have gone to an event and posted videos, photos and results, THANK YOU!

I think we need to promote the classes amongst ourselves. I would be willing to chip in to hire a videographer to tape SS sessions. I found myself watching Toby's videos this year and realize that it takes too much time to race and tape. It is a job in itself, and THANK YOU Toby for the videos you've posted this year.You outdid yourself, but set the stage for the first neccesity of promotion. We need someone to tape at the races, and not a racer. I found myself watching Division 6 SS races more than once. Better than tv...

I posted pictures of my car as it rolled out of Buckys spray booth on moparts.com and before you knew it the rest of the build followed up until its debut. People wanted to see more pictures of the car and it grew from there. There is not too many tracks I go to that someone doesn't come up to me and say they saw my cars build on the web. They appreciate the effort I put forth building it and I am very thankful for that. The internet is a proven outlet for sportsman promotion.

And I tried to tape a run with a gopro camera this weekend, to add Jack and Toms live MG thread, but buckled in the car for first round the camera shut off, and second round it never shut off and killed the battery without taking a video… I tried!

We have to start somewhere and this thread is a start.

10-17-2011, 09:00 PM	#4
SSDA Hemi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 503 Likes: 130 Liked 451 Times in 77 Posts	Re: How do we promote sportsman type racing? OMG, Some excellent posts so far. First, to this years true sportsman promoters, Toby Lang, Patsy and Larry Hill, Jack Matayas, Tom Sheehan, David Smith and the countless others who have gone to an event and posted videos, photos and results, THANK YOU! I think we need to promote the classes amongst ourselves. I would be willing to chip in to hire a videographer to tape SS sessions. I found myself watching Toby's videos this year and realize that it takes too much time to race and tape. It is a job in itself, and THANK YOU Toby for the videos you've posted this year.You outdid yourself, but set the stage for the first neccesity of promotion. We need someone to tape at the races, and not a racer. I found myself watching Division 6 SS races more than once. Better than tv... I posted pictures of my car as it rolled out of Buckys spray booth on moparts.com and before you knew it the rest of the build followed up until its debut. People wanted to see more pictures of the car and it grew from there. There is not too many tracks I go to that someone doesn't come up to me and say they saw my cars build on the web. They appreciate the effort I put forth building it and I am very thankful for that. The internet is a proven outlet for sportsman promotion. And I tried to tape a run with a gopro camera this weekend, to add Jack and Toms live MG thread, but buckled in the car for first round the camera shut off, and second round it never shut off and killed the battery without taking a video… I tried! We have to start somewhere and this thread is a start.