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joedapro wrote:
Joe -
You are free to speak your opinion. We’re free to tell you when you sound like a loonie. That’s kinda how that ‘free’ thing works.
If you are looking for recognition commensurate with effort and cost required to win, wrong sport.
Steve D.
I’m gonna ask what no one else has " what does a D-mod championship have to do with spec e30??""" wrong forum???
bdigel wrote:
GRMScott wrote:
He’s just spamming on all the forums. Not getting the mob response he was looking for…
Sounds like the D-mod championship was a close fought battle with many an interesting sub-plot. I should look at the year’s BMW CCA final results to note the margin of difference between First and second.
I’m off to another web site…
Regards, Robert Patton
joedapro wrote:
[quote]No wonder GRM is about to file bankruptcy. Rumor has it that Roundel is propping you guys up. Someone needs to kick your crutch.
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Wow. Just wow. You made Margie’s day with that.
None of us here at GRM are going to claim that we make an infallible product that makes the wildest dreams of our readers come true, but we are proud of the magazine we produce and the events we put on. We’re super-thankful for the readers we have, and we’re honored that so many of them keep coming back year after year.
Scott, thanks for dropping back in to pay us a visit. Obviously most of us love the publication and appreciate what GRM does for us. Speaking for most of us…thanks!
+3 Steve.
Let’s see, No more Roebling, no more Rockingham, no more etc. Now let’s see if we can piss off GRM also. :unsure:
FWIW:
Grassroots grass-roots
–adjective
of, pertaining to, or involving the common people, esp. as contrasted with or [color=#FF0000]separable from an elite[/color]: a grass-roots movement
Motorsports mo-tor-sports
–plural noun
competitions, esp. races, involving motor vehicles
I get tons of car and racing magazines (I think all of them). But GRM is the only one I really look forward to. The Suddard’s, Scott and the rest of the GRM crew put together a damn fine publication. It’s well written, covers a lot of material, understands who they’re talking to and is a very well designed magazines.
I don’t know if there’s any truth to the comment about Roundel “propping them up” but if they were smart, they’d tap into the talent and the formula at GRM and apply it to their poorly designed fish wrapper that spends most of it’s time just talking to themselves…
I’m not alone when I say… Thanks GRM! Keep on doing what you’re doing…
I’m mad at GRM too. I’ve never been mentioned! I think it should be about me all the time…lol
GRM Rocks!
Rigmaster wrote:
[quote]joedapro wrote:
[quote]So it seems, a man cant speak his opinion in this country, without being lynched by the majority. Did not mean to upset you racers. Just seems to me, that more attention should be focused on the racers, and less on the ametuer gearheads. I thought GRM was a motorsports publication. The spec e-30 racers are true grassroots sportsmen. To win a race, let alone a championship, in NASA, BMW CCA, SCCA, etc, is a
testament to the dedication and sacrifice you guys make. I apologise if I offended any of you. That was not my intention. I just feel more coverage should be merited to true racers, and less to the shade tree mcguyvers,bolting v-8s into 300 zxs, in the name of motorsports. I stand behind my convictions, and will not waiver. I do however admit, my criticisms were a little too harsh. For that, and only for that, I
sincerely apologise to GRM and anyone else, whose feathers I may have ruffled. joe[/quote]
No ruffled feathers here.
It’s just that you came across as a complete douche, which I imagine you are not.
It’s Grassroots Motorsport Magazine, NOT BMW Club Racing Results Magazine. I like the diverse coverage they provide, and I really do think they do a fantastic job. If it was 100% race coverage and results, I for one would not read it.
I understand you want to spread the word about the car you maintain and your driver, but why not complain that Road and Track or Car and Driver didn’t post the results?
Party on dudes.[/quote]Both of those mags, are next on my list! just kidding.LOL. I guess, all things being equal, they do provide a pretty decent reader. Maybe they might consider this thread, I started, a suggestion for a new monthly feature, like racer of the week, from different classes, across sanctioning bodies, as voted on by website poll, or something like that. Again, Im just one person with my own opinion. The beauty of being an American, is partly due to that freedom to express ones opinion. Although, I admit, I should have chosen my words more carefully. Hell, I dont even have a bird! I hate birds! Do birds have a forum board page?
I was mentioned once for almost punting one of the editors on track… and I still love GRM!!! :laugh:
GRMScott wrote:
[quote]joedapro wrote:
[quote]No wonder GRM is about to file bankruptcy. Rumor has it that Roundel is propping you guys up. Someone needs to kick your crutch.
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Wow. Just wow. You made Margie’s day with that.
None of us here at GRM are going to claim that we make an infallible product that makes the wildest dreams of our readers come true, but we are proud of the magazine we produce and the events we put on. We’re super-thankful for the readers we have, and we’re honored that so many of them keep coming back year after year.[/quote] scott, i apologise for that comment. it was rumored by someone in the publishing business, announcing just that, but the source is one of your competitors, i will not name names. I did not know that, at time of posting. And furthermore, should not and did not have any right to repeat such an allegation, in an open forum. Rest assured, it will not happen again. But I still stand firm on my wanting to see more nasa, scca, and bmw race coverage. These racers are the genuine article. Their events are jam packed with excitement and the desire to win. And to me, thats what racing is about. When you get goosebumps, just pulling into one of these event venues, you know youre at the right place
joedapro wrote:
Wow, you have a real skill for making friends there, Joe.
Since I was one of the winning team members in $2002 with this car, I bristle every time some know-it-all who’s never been there criticizes the efforts of people like us. The top contenders in the Challenge have cars better built and more nicely finished than most of the ‘real’ race cars I see. Not much of a challenge to build a car to a set of spec rules with mail-order, off the shelf parts you can just bolt onto your car whilst writing a few checks from your checkbook. Motorsports has many forms; racing BMWs in spec series is just one of them.
Junkyarding is fun, btw. Climb out of your ivory tower and try it sometime.
There’s lots of craziness going on in the publishing world, and we’ve heard some wacky rumors ourselves, but they’re just that: rumors. There’s no need to get into details, but GRM and CMS are both going remarkably strong considering the current publishing climate. The way we look at it, there’s never been a better time to be a magazine about how to have fun with cars on a budget. We’re all hopeless addicts when it comes to motorsports, so it’s not like we could stop even if we wanted to!
I can believe what Scott’s saying about their magazine. Theirs is just as thick as it was a year and a half ago. I got the most recent issue of Florida Sportsman’s “Shallow Water Fishing” (fishing mag) the other day and it was about an 1/8" thick.
DB
It was a damn sad day when GRM decided to move on from SpecE30. Having Lear next to you in the paddock is like having Jim Carrey next door. You can’t help but spend the whole weekend laughing your ass off.
IndyJim wrote:
[quote]Don’t worry Scott we get the same enjoyment laughing at you!
:laugh:[/quote]
Lear’s funny. I’m hapless.