Opportunity

[Knestis]

When I was "publicity director" for Northwest Region years ago, we did a race car show promo in collaboration with a tire store chain and radio station. They did drawings from entries submitted in the weeks leading up to the Saturday doo-dah. About half way through the afternoon, the radio lady came over and asked, "Who do you want to win?"

Huh?

"Who do you want to win? We have to give the prizes away so they may as well go to someone you like. Don't you guys know how radio promos work?"

By the end of the day, several wives/girlfriends (mine included) had won sets of tires, and a rally dude we all kind of thought was a jerk got a free Maaco paint job for his crappy van, because we were tired of looking at it being all raggedy-ass...

K

[Z3_GoCar]

When I was "publicity director" for Northwest Region years ago, we did a race car show promo in collaboration with a tire store chain and radio station. They did drawings from entries submitted in the weeks leading up to the Saturday doo-dah. About half way through the afternoon, the radio lady came over and asked, "Who do you want to win?"

Huh?

"Who do you want to win? We have to give the prizes away so they may as well go to someone you like. Don't you guys know how radio promos work?"

By the end of the day, several wives/girlfriends (mine included) had won sets of tires, and a rally dude we all kind of thought was a jerk got a free Maaco paint job for his crappy van, because we were tired of looking at it being all raggedy-ass...

K

And the title to this story would be.... "And Kirk Gets Introduced to Payola" :026:

[RacerBill]

OK, it's official and formally announced on the Race-Keeper website! Our own Jim Hardesty is the Race-Keeper 2011 Contest Winner! Hope you enjoy the system, Jim.

And thanks for the kind words.

[seckerich]

Cooool, just like radio. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[Knestis]

"Sometimes random selection doesn't look very random." - Kirk, after drawing the order for event finals at a state gymnastics championship

K

[RacerBill]

Kirk: I hear you. However, I did not have any input into the selection process. Honestly. And I am not a politician! LOL.

BTW, I am still looking for a used system for you. Almost had one, too.

[Racerlinn]

OK, it's official and formally announced on the Race-Keeper website! Our own Jim Hardesty is the Race-Keeper 2011 Contest Winner! Hope you enjoy the system, Jim.

And thanks for the kind words.

I find this VERY amusing........

[jumbojimbo]

I find this VERY amusing........

You and me both. I thought I had blown my chance of winning with my earlier posts. I was not the squeakiest wheel, but I was fairly harsh. My first thought was "wahoo!", my second thought was "Oh shit, the guys are going to rip me a new one."

I won't look a gift horse in the mouth though. On the other hand I do plan to give an honest account of my experiences. I'm not very technical and obviously my car is little more than a go-kart wrapped in a crushed beer can. So it will be interesting to see how this works.

I'm not looking to add complications. I am so tired of jerking aroundwith video, but I love having it after the fact. It will be interesting to see how easy it is to add data. Right now I can just about pick up the tach if my camera is working well. I'd like to improve on that just a bit.

My plan is to let other ITC cars test this thing out too. So hopefully we'll get some feedback from a variety of slow moving cars including some drivers who are way better than me in cars that are way better prepared.

[dhardison]

my plan is to let other itb cars test this thing out too. So hopefully we'll get some feedback from a variety of slow moving cars including some drivers who are way better than me in cars that are way better prepared.

ftfy

Congrats btw!

[jumbojimbo]

ftfy

Congrats btw!

Hey, if you can get BillH off my ass for hitting him two years ago we might have a deal.

[marka]

Howdy,

I won't look a gift horse in the mouth though. On the other hand I do plan to give an honest account of my experiences. I'm not very technical and obviously my car is little more than a go-kart wrapped in a crushed beer can. So it will be interesting to see how this works.

I'm not looking to add complications. I am so tired of jerking aroundwith video, but I love having it after the fact. It will be interesting to see how easy it is to add data. Right now I can just about pick up the tach if my camera is working well. I'd like to improve on that just a bit.

I've had a racekeeper for a couple years now. Feel free to ask questions, etc.

I think you'll find it really simple to use.

Mark

[Ralf]

Cool, somebody actually won.
Think I'll register now and maybe I'll be the 2015 winner.