Please include Bobby Williamson and family in your prayers
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Bobby's Mother passed away this morning.
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AIRPS suffers another loss
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Sad news, Harvey. Sending thoughts and prayers to the family and friends.
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Thanks for posting this. Can't wait to read the story.
Tim Leeming News on Motor Week LIVE!
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GOT A QUESTION TO ASK THE MEMBERS ON RACERS REUNION
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Thanks Perry for boosting this thread, and for all the support all you guys give to RR. Denniss, we have a second, third, and fourth in command, and there's a fifth coming along...although he is just 5 right now.
What format is you personal racing footage in right now? Can you upload it to youtube? If it is still on tape, you will need to get it converted to something else....probably a dvd is best. You can rip content from a dvd and upload it. Best to upload to youtube first.
Jeff
GOT A QUESTION TO ASK THE MEMBERS ON RACERS REUNION
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JM, Here's the explanation.
You can thank Mark Zuckerberg and that thing he created called facebook. Much of the activity that used to occur here and on other specialty sites like ours now occurs there on facebook. Many of the fine folks who used to comment and post here to the forum and to our clubs now have set up their own groups on facebook. We're actually seeing some of the traffic return here lately. Not sure why, but certainly happy for it.
We do not retain any rights to the content posted here. It belongs to those who post it. But, several folks over the years have from time to time expressed concern about putting their content here...for fear of losing it, I suppose. I understand that. Yet some of those same folks are now posting it on facebook...where the rights to the content now belong to ...facebook. Go figure! That, I cannot understand.
We appreciate very much your, and other's loyalty who continue to support RacersReunion.
Mike Sykes
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Our dear friend, Mike Sykes has been diagnosed with lung cancer. We ask all our members for prayer and support for MIke and his family.
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Food for Thought....The Last Generation?
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Brian,
Thanks for posting this. Thought provoking for sure. I think we're definitely seeing a shift in youth interest in comparison to the types of motorsports we grew up on. The youth seem to like drifting and stadium trucks, and stuff like that more drag racing and stock car racing.
Your post is titled "Last" generation.I think one of the biggest hurdles in the survival of NASCAR is perhaps the "Lost" generation. I'm a fan because my father was. My son is because I am....etc. The last decade of NASCAR has been filled with all the stuff we told them we didn't like or want, and they did it anyway. The damage to the sport and its fan base brought on by things like the Top 35 guarantees, lucky dogs, and managed results created a long-term fan void. In their attempts to fill that void NASCAR has mounted multiple campaigns to capture new audiences. IN the mean time...many fathers stopped being a fan....a problem that I think will continue to ripple through the next generation. That's a real problem because none of those campaigns to find new fans have created any long-term fans...so to speak.
We do need the HOF to succeed. Thanks for sharing.