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Dave White
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In <4v61e0hkqrfmjh08ed5nor6od71318170r@4ax.com> Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:39:46 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On or around Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:02:23 +0100, "Badger"
>><badger@spammersgospamoff.badger-co.freeserve.co.uk> enlightened us
>>thusly:
>>>Anyways, it doesn't really matter.
>>>It's only a game - real sport has spark plugs!
>>
>>unless it's a diesel...
>
> on which line, I see that some lot had a diesel entered at Le 24
> heures du Mans this year. didn't do any good, but interesting that
> they tried.
This may be an over generalisation but one really good reason for
running "something different" is the benefits you get in sponsorship. It
rarely matters if you do as well as the other vehicles because the
amount of publicity/attention you get is substantially higher than the
other competitors get and that can then be turned into money by
demonstrating to sponsors that the publicity is there. Without publicity
you don't get sponsorship. The fact that you know that someone entered a
diesel at Le Mans proves the case to a certain extent.
The second benefit of running a diesel in speed competitions is that
they often get their own class and a lacklustre performance compared to
the rest of the field can give you a class win whilst vehicles that did
better than you overall come away with nothing. Again this is a good
selling point for potential sponsors. Much better to say "we won our
class at Le Mans this year" than "we finished 22nd at Le Mans this year" (
I don't know the sports car class systems so this may be a bad example).
cheers
Dave W.
http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/
> On or around Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:39:46 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On or around Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:02:23 +0100, "Badger"
>><badger@spammersgospamoff.badger-co.freeserve.co.uk> enlightened us
>>thusly:
>>>Anyways, it doesn't really matter.
>>>It's only a game - real sport has spark plugs!
>>
>>unless it's a diesel...
>
> on which line, I see that some lot had a diesel entered at Le 24
> heures du Mans this year. didn't do any good, but interesting that
> they tried.
This may be an over generalisation but one really good reason for
running "something different" is the benefits you get in sponsorship. It
rarely matters if you do as well as the other vehicles because the
amount of publicity/attention you get is substantially higher than the
other competitors get and that can then be turned into money by
demonstrating to sponsors that the publicity is there. Without publicity
you don't get sponsorship. The fact that you know that someone entered a
diesel at Le Mans proves the case to a certain extent.
The second benefit of running a diesel in speed competitions is that
they often get their own class and a lacklustre performance compared to
the rest of the field can give you a class win whilst vehicles that did
better than you overall come away with nothing. Again this is a good
selling point for potential sponsors. Much better to say "we won our
class at Le Mans this year" than "we finished 22nd at Le Mans this year" (
I don't know the sports car class systems so this may be a bad example).
cheers
Dave W.
http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/