tagged 
ALMS, Audi, Bernie Ecclestone, Don Panoz, Petit le Mans, Peugeot, Scott Atherton, Speed
ALMS, Audi, Bernie Ecclestone, Don Panoz, Petit le Mans, Peugeot, Scott Atherton, Speed EGO's
Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 09:31PM
What other race series has the owner and CEO give TV and radio interviews during the event? Are Bernie and Jean Todt missing out here? I am talking about Don Panoz and Scott Atherton of course during the Petit Le Mans. I would not mind so much if they had anything to say other than "next year is going to be great." If, as Scott said it is for the fans, why don't you shut up and let us listen to the commentary? We listened to Radio Le Mans to avoid SPEED's commentary, but at one point got so desperate when Scott went on, and on, and on, that we turned the sound up on the TV.
The race was great as usual. SPEED was not as usual. I timed the amount of race we saw and how long the ad breaks were, and we got about 2/3 rds of the race, and then if you take out the infomercials and stupid interviews, we saw a lot less than half. Even what we did see seemed to consist of non-stop in-car cameras from LMPC cars, especially the "green" one. The Director, I use the term loosely, had no feel for the race. It was obvious to a fan that cars were setting up a pass, but he would go to an ad anyway. Same with pit stops. The cameramen also have no idea, we will see a pass in progress and they will not follow it to see it happen. I am close to not watching it in future it is so infuriating.
Congratulations Peugeot, beautiful cars, perhaps the best looking prototypes we've seen? Great strategy and well driven. Sorry to see Allan, Tom and Dindo lose, I admire and respect them enormously, but they have had a good run, and Dr. Ulrich is a class act the way he accepts defeat.
The Petit le Mans is a success story. The races are great and the fans come out to watch. What does it tell us? If you bring the best the fans will come and watch. When we ran the first one I had a potential spectator on the phone asking why should he come. I started to tell him the great cars that were coming, but only got as far as the Le Mans winning Porsche, and he said great, I'm coming! Fans are not bothered by the length of the race, their span of attention does not seem to be a problem. They are not confused by the different classes, or too much technology, foreign drivers, or all those other excuses that have been given lately. So, why is the rest of the ALMS series not as successful? They do not have all the best cars and drivers. Yes they have some, but other than the GT2 class there is one car and driver combination that stands out, and you cannot sell a race on that. And just maybe sports car fans do not want to watch 2 hour sprints?
On the home front we have a couple of very promising meetings next week on the Sol Real project, but unfortunately one project has been canceled so I am currently "underemployed." So if anyone needs a motor racing consultant let me know.
The race was great as usual. SPEED was not as usual. I timed the amount of race we saw and how long the ad breaks were, and we got about 2/3 rds of the race, and then if you take out the infomercials and stupid interviews, we saw a lot less than half. Even what we did see seemed to consist of non-stop in-car cameras from LMPC cars, especially the "green" one. The Director, I use the term loosely, had no feel for the race. It was obvious to a fan that cars were setting up a pass, but he would go to an ad anyway. Same with pit stops. The cameramen also have no idea, we will see a pass in progress and they will not follow it to see it happen. I am close to not watching it in future it is so infuriating.
Congratulations Peugeot, beautiful cars, perhaps the best looking prototypes we've seen? Great strategy and well driven. Sorry to see Allan, Tom and Dindo lose, I admire and respect them enormously, but they have had a good run, and Dr. Ulrich is a class act the way he accepts defeat.
The Petit le Mans is a success story. The races are great and the fans come out to watch. What does it tell us? If you bring the best the fans will come and watch. When we ran the first one I had a potential spectator on the phone asking why should he come. I started to tell him the great cars that were coming, but only got as far as the Le Mans winning Porsche, and he said great, I'm coming! Fans are not bothered by the length of the race, their span of attention does not seem to be a problem. They are not confused by the different classes, or too much technology, foreign drivers, or all those other excuses that have been given lately. So, why is the rest of the ALMS series not as successful? They do not have all the best cars and drivers. Yes they have some, but other than the GT2 class there is one car and driver combination that stands out, and you cannot sell a race on that. And just maybe sports car fans do not want to watch 2 hour sprints?
On the home front we have a couple of very promising meetings next week on the Sol Real project, but unfortunately one project has been canceled so I am currently "underemployed." So if anyone needs a motor racing consultant let me know.
Reader Comments