LOCAL MEDIA SUPPORT FOR NASCAR RACE ZERO

Guest · 2007-05-28T17:15:06Z

It is now Monday and two days after the completion of the very first NASCAR event in Canada.Cayuga Speedway had a great crowd and for the Fans it was a great and exciting race to say the least.For the racers it was a whole whack of money being spent after a record amount of yellows and cautions proved a whole new meaning of the phrase- over driving the race cars. Everyone wanted to win the first NASCAR show in Canada, and fitting enough it came down to the guys who always put the show on, with Don Thompson winning, follwed by Dilley and Gibbons who bumped, tapped, and drove there hearts out, putting on one of the best shows every at Cayuga.Even though we had our fare share of problems and were forced to park with fuel pressure problems, the first NASCAR show was a hit according to the thousands of spectators.Speaking of Spectators, and that is the format of this storey, Hamiltons biggest newspaper, which would be considered the local paper to cover the Cayuga event, either missed the show or had there eyes closed as Monday's paper made no mention of the Canadian history making first for Auto Racing.In the Sports section there was no mention of the Canadian Tire Nascar event, but there was plenty to read about with storeys about the Nextel Cup event, the F1 event, and the Indy 500 event.Every storey put to print was written by the Associated Press, which is basically free press releases.The Spectators racing reporter, Tim Miller, was at the track on Saturday and we talked for a short time about the race and I figured he was there to cover this historic event. Tim writes about 90% of the in house racing storeys for the Spectator, and his presence made me think, finally we are going to get some live media coverage in the papers which is badly needed. Instead I open the paper to see nothing, not-ah, zilch, zero.Tim- you were there- it was a good race- the fans loved it- the finish was great- the track did a great job- there were several local teams involved- the local sponsors were many- the Tiger Cats were on a car- the local girl who did the anthems was winning Canadian Idol material- the teams looked Nascar professional- even with weather delays the fans stuck it out- even with weather delays we got the whole race in- a local Hamilton Man won the very first NASCAR event in Canada....I can go on and on about what you could have wrote.I can go on and on about what you should have written.I can go on and on about the fact that the everyone else in the media covered this storey.Why didn't you.If you cant write the storey call me and I will write it for you.If its a case that the HAMILTON SPECTATOR does not consider Racing to be worthey of there paper and refuses to give you a column then find a paper that does.The longer the Spectator continues to not write about racing in there own back yard, the more I will encourage people to buy the Toronto Star, the Sun, or even USA today.As racers, we need the media to continue racing. We need it for our sponsors and we need it for our fans. If you cant get your head out of your lower portion of your body surrounded by to cheeks, then just tell the readers that you no longer cover racing. Instead of using the Associated Press for all of your racing news why doesn't the Spectator give Miller a bigger chance to cover the events that happen locally. Think about your local readers Spectator as they don't just follow Hockey, Football and Golf, they also love racing and you guys are misssing the boat.For you race fans- the Local Media is a big reason that racing has dropped off here in Ontario, and is a bigger reason that race tracks have to charge more money due to the lack of support in newspaper coverage. If they write about it- you the fans will follow it and support it. If the Spectator continues to bash local racing I suggest everyone to stop buying it, or if you have no choice, buy a bird and line the cage with it. It would only be fitting- Tit for tit/ Sht for Sht.

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domi3964

May 28, 2007 9:08 pm

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now that is clever --- good job -- !!!! DORK !!!!

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3way

May 28, 2007 9:39 pm

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Pincrest the skeptic strikes again .

ps were you there

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midamerica

May 28, 2007 9:47 pm

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vettePinecrest, I did not see that article but your point about the winnngs was 100% right on the money.
The sad part is the winning of the 79 Chevette was worth more then the prize money.
Thank God we have Chevrolet backing this series !!

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midamerica

May 28, 2007 9:50 pm

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P.S.- Donny wil enjoy the Seneca Lights pack of smokes....

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DWfan4ever

May 28, 2007 10:03 pm

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Just wondering but if you have such a hate on for racing Pinecrest why bother coming on this site? It's getting extremely boring and a waste of space skimming through you whiney comments every day when others on here are trying to build the sport of racing and not bad mouth it on every comment they make.

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