USAC/GIR Joint Announcement at the Chili Bowl

there is nothing wrong with quarter midgets; it is an awesome sport, for kids and adults alike.... in fact, we have a quarter midget ready to go in the garage, waiting for the driver to show some interest. but, there are 2 great tracks within an hour of stl, that, at times, could use more participants. (that being said, there is always room for more members and participants) my first thought is that usac is going to come in here with all of their arrogance, and detract from a couple of good solid base groups that are already established. quarter midgets racing is free to come and watch; i just question what usac is up to. in the past, EVERYTHING they do is for their ($$$$$$$) benefit. nobody is gonna pay to get in watch, so,again,???? not trying to sound negative, this just 'smells' funny.
 
I agree Art. Quarter Midgets of America has been around since 1957, and Quarter Midgets themselves have been around since before WWII. It has always been a family and member run organization. My first thoughts after reading about USAC's involvement was they were going to turn it into a money thing. QMA actually was an affiliate of USAC at one time, and never really got the support they deserved from them. (JMO). Quarter Midgets was one of the best things that my son and I have done together, he gained tons of confidence driving one of these cars, and we met some great people, many whom we continue friendships with today, even though Zach is retired. I really don't see how USAC starting a separate sanctioning body can do anything to help these young racers. I guess time will tell.

One more thing, at least one of the local clubs membership has grown quite a bit since you last visited Art. As we all know any form of racing is not cheap including Quarters and Karts. (you can race on a budget, but it's certainly more expensive then baseball or soccer.) So at least to me, there will always be room for growth in the clubs.
 
It is called good PR. They got your attention. It wasn't what you had hoped to hear.

It says a lot that they want to host the event in St. Louis. It speaks volumes about the quality and caliber of racers, racing, racing organizations, and race organizing in St. Louis. Granted we are centrally located...........however, if we didn't have the quality and caliber or racers, racing, organizations, and race organizing it wouldn't have mattered we wouldn't have gotten the event.

What matters more now is...........how are you going to support that event and the growth of motorsports here at home and in general?
 
good p.r.?? i doubt that. judging from the response on here, how is this good? it's a teaser, just like the news shows do during rating sweeps week. they tell you something,leading you to believe some kind of earth shaking news is following, go to a commercial break, and come back later with something alot less that than the anticipated build up. how is telling somebody something they don't want to hear and/or less than you lead them to expect good p.r.? why doesn't usac call it what it is? it's quarter midgets! plain and simple. no matter what you want to re-name it. it looks like just a ploy to attempt to pull a fast one on people who may not know any better. like i said, it smells funny.
 
It is good PR because they got you to notice it. That is the point of PR to get people to notice whatever they're promoting and start conversations.

Did most race fans get what they expected/hoped to hear? NO.

Did the track get the reaction they wanted from their PR? I can't answer that one....only they know that answer.

Yes, Art I agree, I don't like the big lead ups during TV sweep weeks for what seems like nothing in the actual report. It generates interest and for the TV folks ratings to base their ads rates on for the next ad rate period.

My point was that their PR accomplished their goal of getting attention.
 
"USAC is the first major sanctioning body to officially recognize the role quarter midget racing has in creating racers of the future. NASCAR champions including Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, and Terry Labonte, as well as 2008 Daytona 500 champion Ryan Newman, got their start racing quarter midgets as kids. USAC hopes to use its new series to give the drivers of tomorrow a step in the right direction." quote from usac's release.

Seems to me that Jeff, Bobby, Terry and Ryan, who raced as drivers of Quarter Midgets of America, have received a step in the right direction.

“We have seen many of our current stars graduate out of the .25 midget ranks and achieve great success with us, including Jerry Coons, Jr., Tracy Hines and Bobby East.” again, from usac's release.

How can this be? The USAC .25 series has just been created. They haven't even held a race yet. They graduated from the Quarter Midgets of America.
this seems to me a bit of a 'snow job' by usac. if this is p.r., then it's a poor job of it, in my opinion; then again, i don't claim to be the smartest guy around. i just live in this world, and call things like they are. usac is trying to 'ride in' on an existing idea, one that has been around for over 50 years. usac smells money here, and thats the bottom line. it's great that there is more racing in the area, but it's just more 'smoke and mirrors' from usac; they are just taking from 2 already established clubs in the area. the whole approach here is decieving...; i don't think i can be any more plain about that. as far as something being good p.r. just because it got my attention... there are alot of things in this world that get our attention, but not really good p.r.; ask our governor how his p.r. is doing thse days, now that he has got our attention.....
 
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