When you mention Sponsorship Shane,..are youobviously talking Personal/Team Sponsorship?
I was Wondering, Did you mean from the manufacturers/suppliers, or from Local Businesses?
How did you Offer them a return on their Investment,..Custom Painted Bodies?
Just Wondering,..Not Trying to Steal your Ideas, Just unsure Exactly What you meant.
I would have thought Some Sponsorship Could be forthcoming from various Sources for an Event, as there are Plenty of Opportunities for PR and Signage etc.
Perhaps My reasons for going Are similar,..MY experience with 1/32 cars is Still somewhat Limited, in fact I don't even Own That many, Only bought my First Slot.it a few Months ago,..BUT,..for Myself, apart from Rear Tyres etc,..I Race cars that are Basically Completely Box Stock, Non Magnet,..on Plastic Tracks.
I Have Never run Any of My cars on Any Wooden Tracks Non Magnet, (Although I have run a few times Magnet at HSC), so for Myself, I don't Have the Cars or Handling/setup experience Not that that is a major 'Issue' as such, but I have No Extra Gear ratio sets/ Tyres/Rims etc, PLUS, My 1/32 racing is just a bit of Fun with Some cars I Like,..as you Know My Real interests Lie Elsewhere.
I am of the beliefe that we Probably, as a Hobby/Industry, Probably need to Think about Events that 'Promote' More people actaully getting into the Hobby and Specifically Racing,..as it is fairly Obvious that almost All major Slot Car Races Held in Australia, are Attended By the Same very Small Group of People.
One Could argue that Serious Quantities of New Blood needs to be Injected.
That was partly the Ideas behind My More Public Evebts Idea,..Not so Much to cater for The Likes/Dislikes of all us Old Curmudgeons !!!
EDIT;
As for the PEC event that was shot down in flames before it even started,
Was it?,..By Whom?,..Not ME !!,..I may be Guilty of a Lot of things Comments Included, But I stayed Right Out of the Whole PEC thing, Mainly as I had No intention of Entering and as there appeared to be More than Enough Input, (little of Which was taken Notice of Anyway it Would Seem), but I did Not see an awfull Lot of Flame Shooting going on on any of the Forums),..it seemed to Die it's Own Death,..arguably for it's Own reasons.
No one has Offered any real Explanations or Ideas regarding That recent Failure as well, which it Must be argues was Not Good for Slotting in General.
If one can believe the Numbers supposedly to be turning up for the Group C races coming up at HSC, then What do you think were the Reasons for the PEC Not Working/Happening??
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