Re: Pro Rally 4000Q

[glen.powell@smc.com]

  Just a note on the observations of others about the
  massive crowds you see in international Pro Rally
  footage......I suspect that in a lot of these countries
  and locations there are not a lot of other motorsports
  events around, the local Pro Rally might even be
  the highpoint or largest single attraction of the year
  in some of these locations. We here in the US are
  totally spoiled motorsports-wise, in that on any weekend
  throughtout the year, you can find hundreds of small
  events and of course the big ones as well. Our spectators
  in the States have an enourmous number of motorsports
  event to spectate, we don't have to wait for the once-a-year
  Pro Rally in our country or travel many miles into the woods
  just to see a fleeting glimpse of a few Pro Rally cars blasting
  by, only to move again to a new location for another
  impossibly quick glimpse. Those of us in the States that
  truly love the sport put up with this, as do our international
  friends. For me, driving for hours and then winding my way
  out into the woods, in the middle of the night, in the snow,
  in freezing cold, with moose, is all part of the FUN!

  -glen