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Thread: Very Cool SCCA Press Release!!!

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    Thanks Kevin! I figured you'd like the orange part of the cover the most.
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    Well, it is a nice color. :P

    Already got a small handful of people on my local little board waiting to purchase.
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    Great! Thanks Dave!

    We had to order a few of these for our non-racing friends (and to show off having 2 cars on the cover, good picture choice!)

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    I admit, I do like the orange. I was watching the British Touring Championship races and wondered if that is where you based some of your car scheme. Is it RAC racing or something like that? Not sure.

    Joe, I figured you'd get a kick out of the pic. I tried to photo shop in my ITB prelude, but Crazy Joe kept hitting me out of the way.
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    I admit, I do like the orange. I was watching the British Touring Championship races and wondered if that is where you based some of your car scheme. Is it RAC racing or something like that? Not sure.[/b]
    No, not at all. It was more of me walking into my local PPG store when we went to paint our first racecar back around March of '01 and looking at the samples while thinking "Now which one stands out a lot, is slightly annoying to others, will be cheap and easy to do, and will never be seen on another car? THAT'S IT!" I love it. Turkington and Collard's cars look sweet.

    Joe, I figured you'd get a kick out of the pic. I tried to photo shop in my ITB prelude, but Crazy Joe kept hitting me out of the way.
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    I can actually picture that.
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    I opened this thread and expected the answer to be:

    GO BUY A MIATA!

    Really, Great job Dave!
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    I was in fact mandiated to have a few Miatas in the cover photo. (Yes, I'm kidding!)
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    No, not at all. The car actually used to be blue, but with ITA running with ITS at M-O, after a few hard-fought laps with Ludwig I had a new paint scheme. I kind of like it. [/b]
    Fixed that for you Kevin.

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    You know what kills me on the cover Dave??

    On the first cover, I am on the track, but just in front of you, thus off camera, on the left. Every other freakin RX-7 in the NE was there that day it seems and THEY all made the cover. Grrrr, LOL

    On this cover I'm also on the track, but this time, I'm too far back and just over the hill, off camera again! Arrrggg! How many books will you have to publish before I'm in the right spot on the right day?? LOL.
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    Dave: Great news! Thanks for all you have done to help folks who might not decide to live their dreams and 'get behind the wheel'.

    BTW, my copy just got loaned out. I may have to buy another copy to replace it!

    See you on the hill in August!
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    Yes, I have put the paddles to this thread and revived it. CLEAR!


    Received two copies from my friendly neighborhood mail man yesterday. Today I will commence reading it.

    Oh yea, and it looks even better in person!
    Kevin
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    Now I just need to figure out how to get the regions to begin selling it or even promoting but adding a link to the region's websites to the SCCAcollection.com site. So subtle, I know.

    I'll be curious to hear your honest opinion on it Kevin - I think. LOL

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    Dave,

    I haven&#39;t read your book, but I did just recommend it to a teenage son of a friend-of-a-friend ( <_< ) who is dying to become a race car driver, and he sent me this comment:

    "The book is very useful, it&#39;s very well written and keeps me glued to it. Dave Gran has put lots of handy tid bits in it, and they will help vastly with getting me started."

    Thought you&#39;d appreciate the feedback!

    Josh Sirota
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    Thanks Josh, it&#39;s always a nice thing to hear positive feedback about something you&#39;ve spent a considerable amount of time on.


    A few people were curious about my relationship with Dragon Publishing (the publisher of my book) and the SCCA. Well, Dragon Publishing is me. LOL I self-published both editions.
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    Congrats Dave, that&#39;s great news!!!

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    Congratulations! And that is about the first "SCCA Thing" I&#39;ve seen that doesn&#39;t look like it was photographed in 1972 and where 30 year old British traps didn&#39;t dominate the field - that almost looks like a modern car field!!

    Ron

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    Dave,

    Congrats on the recognition for your book.

    Ron,

    I dare you to go here and say that :P
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    Thought this MotorTrend review was very cool.

    MotorTrend Review

    Now all I need to do is get more regions to begin supporting it. The NER will be the first region to begin selling it and the Southern NJ added some information to their home page about the SCCA book.

    Any suggestions on the best approach to get additional regions to utilize / support it? I imagine it&#39;ll take a bunch of phone calls and e-mails to make it happen.
    Dave Gran
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    I like the one quote from the review:

    There are few downsides here. The book is focused on SCCA racing, so if you&#39;re interested in other series, you have more homework to do.


    Dave, how dare you talk just about the SCCA!!!


    Damned if you do, damned if you don&#39;t!!!
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    The regions should, by all means, market these to autocrossers, have them at autocrosses for sale, and run ads nest to autocross results in the regions rag.
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    Every prospective racer attending an SCCA school should receive a copy of this as part of their school...even if the region has to raise the entry fee to cover the book!


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