|
SprintCarz.com: We're your resource for Sprint Car Gifts & Information |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
For a brief recap of the WoO souvenir trailer situation, read an article from "Tuesdays with T-Mac."
Sprint car racing needs you... the fan. Never underestimate the power of your voice and opinion. What alone may seem like an insignificant act can be an extremely powerful message when done collectively. It's time to be heard. It's time to take back our sport. It's time for fans to load the cannon...
Project Miracle on WoO Street: No, we're not trying to create a warm and fuzzy feeling that only Hollywood can create... but we are trying to make sure our voices are heard and received with the greatest impact possible. At the present time, Jeremy Campbell's girlfriend (Katie) and Donny Schatz's mom (Diane) have volunteered to collect letters of concern from fans and deliver them to World Racing Group in one huge bundle. This will have an incredible impact... not only on WRG, but also on the drivers. It is important to let people know where our areas of concern are. Drivers risk their lives to bring us sprint car racing... the least we can do is mail a single letter that supports the needs of these drivers and their teams. If you are not passionate about getting seriously involved with our campaign to let the WoO drivers keep their souvenir trailers for supplemental income, but you would still like to do something to help... this is the project for you to get involved in. Send a letter (either
written in your own words or a hand signed form letter) to: The more letters we get, the greater the impact. A single letter sent by you WILL make a difference, so please take a moment to get something in the mail.
For additional information on this
project, check out the following links:
Project Cannon Fire: From now on, Mondays are going to be known as "Mailed My Message Monday" or M4. Every Monday, print a form letter, hand sign it and put it in the mail. Have your entire family and anyone else you know that enjoys watching sprint car racing do the same. We need an army of letters in the mail each week to let World Racing Group know that we mean business. By all means, send your own personal thoughts to World Racing Group instead of a form letter if you have the time. Unfortunately, the reality is many letters probably won't be read. Because of this, a form letter suits the purpose of the cannon fire tactic just fine. The object isn't telling World Racing Group what we want (they already are aware of what we want)... the object is to let World Racing Group know how many of us support the drivers (measured by the number of people that send letters) and how serious we are about our support of the drivers (measured by the frequency in which letters are sent).
For additional information on this
project, check out the following links: Additional Info:
Why is this method
(snail mailing a form letter) the best? It's a psychological
advantage thing. Being able to touch something tends to make it feel more real for many people. Whether World Racing Group takes the time to open each letter received is virtually irrelevant. The impact lies in the physical presence of the letters received, for each envelope represents human thoughts and opinions. Like I said before, WRG already is aware of the general consensus of fans on this issue. The goal is not to explain to them what we are hoping for... it's to show them how serious we are about what we desire for the sport.
Numbers and
consistency are key... Also, if you have a web page, please help us spread the word. You can use the following banner to link back to this site if you choose:
Back to top "Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to send us your thoughts and concerns on this issue. Believe me when I say your words will definitely be taken into consideration when we sit down to make our final decisions for the upcoming racing season. We want to do what is best for the teams, the drivers and most importantly... you, the fans. Due to lack of resources in personnel, we do not currently have the means in which to handle or respond to the constant flow of letters we are receiving. Although we do appreciate and respect your enthusiasm, we feel it's in the best interest of the sport to be using the resources that are currently handling your "mailing tactics" on more constructive areas that will directly benefit the both drivers, teams and fans. However, your thoughts are important to us and we would like to encourage you to continue to share them. On our web site we have set up a special message center specifically for this purpose. Please continue to email us your thoughts because your opinions matter, and our goal is primarily to make the best racing experience possible for you, our fans. Thanks, Don't fall for the BS. It's not like our request is unreasonable. If World Racing Group wants to profit off the World of Outlaw name... that's totally fine. But to try and profit off of the names of drivers, teams and their sponsors without giving them any sort of compensation for their financial loss is robbery. You know management has failed when products containing the World of Outlaws logo, the greatest show on dirt, go unsold... and the seemingly only way to sell the World of Outlaw name is to steal the rights of another's popularity. Pitiful!
Back to top Look at it this
way: If for some reason your letter doesn't make an active change on a particular week, you can just say to yourself, "This is one of the letters that's going to annoy the crap out of WRG this week and show the drivers how much I support their cause." :) "Tuesdays
with T-Mac" article on the souvenir trailers: The news of the t-shirt trailers hit all drivers hard, including TMAC. "The fans need to know that the WoO is looking to get rid of our t-shirt trailers," he laments. "I think the fans and the promoters love the t-shirt trailers. They can come and talk to Dana Kinser, Shannon Saldana, Donny's mother and all the other family members. What other venue can you go to where you can do that? Can you imagine going down and buying a t-shirt from Jeff Gordon's wife?" The apparel sales have become essential in keeping teams on the road with the WoO. "On every level, we all appreciate the money we can make on those trailers," says TMAC. "Whether it be $100,000 or $100 a night, that's what keeps us going down the road some nights. I know there are times over the years, where Terry McCarl needed that to put gas in the tank. Steve Kinser has worked hard to be Steve Kinser, and Donny Schatz's mother Diane, is the hardest working person in show business, I guarantee you! The Schatz trailer has many different items in all price ranges. There are fans who can't afford a shirt, but they can find something else for a souvenir in a lot of our trailers. I can only imagine what the 15 and 11 teams are thinking about this after spending so much time building that image and product." DIRT's reason for this centers around the fact that they feel promoters are against it. TMAC doesn't buy that reasoning for one second. "As a promoter, I think about things differently than most, and I welcome any t-shirt trailer that can tow in, because it adds to my event. I urge fans to let Dirt Motorsports know what they think of getting rid of the driver's t-shirt trailers. I haven't run across any promoters against the practice, and I talk to most of them." The feelings amongst the drivers center on DIRT wanting a piece of their pie. "The WoO wants us to put our stuff in their trailer, so they can get a percentage," says TMAC. "They wanted us to settle on 15 dates for 2008 to bring our t-shirt trailers…and you can see what they're aiming for in the future. The year after next, it will be zero. We're going to lose a lot of product cramming into one trailer. You're also going to lose a lot of personalities with that. Our shows have become an event, and an important part of that event is all the t-shirt trailers. Some nights we'll have a race that's not all that great, but the event is always there. The trailers, the big haulers…it's like the circus coming to town in a way. There were 1000 people walking around our trailers in the rain in Canada after a rainout. I couldn't believe it! They want to take away a big chunk of the whole deal…and they just don't get the big picture! I wish they'd try to make money on their product instead of off of their product, which is us. It will definitely hurt them in the long run. It's not right what they're trying to do, and they need to pay attention to their own business, not ours. I think authorities from DIRT will listen to the fans perspective, so the fans should contact them about how they feel about the t-shirt trailers."
|
Please
visit the
sponsors below that help support
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Copyright 2005-2007
Ó
SprintCarz.com. All rights reserved.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
