Great time to be in the Kit Car hobbie..

[vettestr]

I have had the opportunity to work with Brian and crew during Kit Car's Performance Day and various shows over the years. Brian has been great to work with and works very hard to cover our industry. The magazine of course sells advertising space but not his enthusiasm and drive to cover events/products in full detail. The whole crew is pretty easy to work with and I look forward to seeing them at the next event. Jeff C

[BT SNAKE]

Hey Cois,
That list is pretty big. Me thinks Carlisle wasn't that big. Having an event like this is for and about our hobby and industry is much better for the consumer rather than heaping us in with the import group at Carlisle. All
I know is that I have more fun at R&G than any other event because of the driving and friends I've made. Now with it becoming a must do event for manufacturers and other related vendors it will be fantastic. All these years there as been a need for this to happen and it has started with a BANG ! I got my space and entry in so if you can then do the same cause it will fill fast as it get closer to October 8th.

Jeff, you are right on. I remember when I wouldn't even look in the magazine and eventually cancelled it because it was the same ole format crap. I remember about four years ago when I picked up an issue at the grocery store. It looked different so I started reading it then bought it. Turned out I liked what I saw. There was this new whippersnaper Eric Giesert that was at the helm. He seemed to understand our Kit Car misnomer and saw many similarities between the street Rod group and us. I think he was able to meld many aspects of both so we all could look at each others hobby with respect. I liked that a lot so I re-subscribed. Eric seems to have passed this concept over to Brian as he continues with the winning ways. Both groups have great engineers that produce products that satisfy consumers for what they want. One more thing too Jeff, the slanted bias towards one manufacturer over another is gone. In the early days it was there IMHO. Maybe it was there because of the infancy of it. For what ever reason the basics of a good product and reputation has put many companies in a better light. We as consumers have benefitted because Kit Car has cared enough to grasp this change and go with it. I wish them continued success.

Hersh