Look,..this is Just a thought, in regard I guess, Especially Because of the Nature of the Beasts!,..lol
As has been Noted by Many, the 1/32 Home Set style Plastic cars Are Extremely Popular, with All ages and it's Hard to argue Against the Extremely Good Fun Value that many of them Provide.
As can also be easily seen from the Many posts on the various Aussie Forums, there Obviously is a Huge Group of people Racing these cars at Various Home Built Raceways Almost everywhere across all States, That Along with the fact that To almost any family Group, there is some Fun value attainable, in both watching and participating.
Is it Worth considering perhaps a Very Publicly 'Positioned' "Model Car Nationals", Held at either some Huge 'Existing' Major Event, or (although Possibly Harder to arrange), a Specially Located "Event", on some Tracks Assembled Specifically for the Event.
I say this as I had 'Posted' elsewhere, a Picture of One of the Tracks that Eddie Shorer and a few others have been setting up at the San Diego Annual Fair, which Runs for about a Week, Similar to Our Royal Easter Show etc.
The Thread at SlotBlog here;
http://slotblog.net/index.php?showtopic ... ntry256207
I was thinking Just How Suitable an Event like this Could Easily and I Imagine agreeably 'Sit' with say the V8Supercars Event at Homebush.
With the Available cars from Scalextric, Perhaps even a Sponsored/Charity real Drivers Event could be arranged, thus Giving the Event/Slot Racing Increased public Coverage.
Being over a Number of days would allow various events to Occur and If setup and Number of Tracks allow, then, the Public Could Also have a Chance to Run.
The Event Pete Hopkins built a Track for Recently was a Good Example of a Public, Yet Competitive event, that apparently was Hugely Successful.
One can't Help but feel that at a Very Public Event, With Cars that People Can Instantly recognise etc, and Here this Goes for the Scale 1/32 Plastic cars AND the various Very Scale Plafit Classes.
As we all Know the 'Walk in off the Street Guy Can 'Associate' with what is Recognisable!,..something that Does Not Happen with Joe 'Average' with Wing Cars.
Some of the Major Euro Races are and have often been held in Very Public Venues, and Yes ofcourse JPV's Money has Often Been involved,..But I'm sure there is Some Yards to be Gained and Offered here that people Like Tony Cochrane could not fail to see and Understand, Especially as we Won't be asking for any Money 'Per-Se', One would Imagine that the V8Supercars Involvement in Any event with the Little cars and Our Event with Theirs as such Could/Should be a Win/Win for All concerned.
Heck it's Just a Crazy Idea, but One I think Well Worth considering, as Then one Could really Make a Noise about the event and Maybe get a Lot of the More 'Closet' Home racers Out for a Particularly Major Event.
Finally, On that point, being the Quantity of People Who Race the Kind of cars raced at The MCN,..How Come all those people on the Forums Didn't/Haven't Been involved?,..it's Not like they could have been Unaware of the Event !!!
If people are really Serious about this Idea, having been Involved with Many Large Corporate events, I would Be happy to Help Make it Happen in whatever way I could,...being an A/V guy perhaps I could 'assist' in the PA/Vision for the Event and or Try to 'Scab' what was needed.
As I said, Just some Ideas.
Cheers,
Stewart
