Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: >...whilst motor racing is popular with highest income groups in most >countries, motor sport is a "blue collar" sport in the US, and the fans >like domestic not international events, so selling to the US market >>Formula 1 is limited too. =============================================================================================================================================================== I'm an anomaly in the US. Been a fan of F1 ever since I saw the shark-nosed Ferraris in a 1961 Sports Car Graphic magazine story on the Rheims GP. I watch Indycar, Rolex and ALMS sports cars (wish the Spa 24 hours, etc. were shown in the US), but I can't stand NASCAR. I don't like the pretense that these are "stock" cars like the ones you can buy just because the bodies look kind of like showroom models. It was more to the point when they were actual modified cars off the street. As an aside, I have a friend who got a weekend pass in 1957 when serving with the US Army in Germany, and decided to go to a Grand Prix. The one he happened to attend was the race in which Fangio had the long pit stop, and then caught and passed Hawthorn and Collins to win with lap record after lap record. I read about that event in books, so I was thrilled to get this picture in 1990: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Color/Fangio_AMR.jpg.html> Have to say I watch the TdF mainly for the landscapes and views of the towns. ;~) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Relations University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt