Re: Barnstormin': Why the Nurburgring Kinda Sucks
My only answer to the question of why they spend all the money on numbers that only impress a certain few has to do with where the cars will get the most press and who is reading those rags (Car and Driver, Road and Track). Hot Rod, Car Craft and PHR will probably give cars like the HHR SS at most three paragraphs, where as Car and Driver will have a three page article on it. Maybe I'm wrong, but the geographics for those mags doesn't include, or want to include us drag racers.
Back in the day, the manufacturers may have gotten more press on new cars in HR, CC and such. They tested them, modified them, and in a sense help sell them. Somehow, I don't see Kinnan getting a CTS-V do beat on for a series of articles.
My only answer to the question of why they spend all the money on numbers that only impress a certain few has to do with where the cars will get the most press and who is reading those rags (Car and Driver, Road and Track). Hot Rod, Car Craft and PHR will probably give cars like the HHR SS at most three paragraphs, where as Car and Driver will have a three page article on it. Maybe I'm wrong, but the geographics for those mags doesn't include, or want to include us drag racers.
Back in the day, the manufacturers may have gotten more press on new cars in HR, CC and such. They tested them, modified them, and in a sense help sell them. Somehow, I don't see Kinnan getting a CTS-V do beat on for a series of articles.
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