FPS review board

[Tidy]

Okay so way back when SdK & 2399 were dominat forces in the world..lol Andy and the boys had to think I was a huge Bullshiiter because I was ranting about how I was developing a racing program with MTV. It wasn't bs and I spent 18 months only to walk away because I wouldn't sign over rights and they wouldn't sign a contract. Well a decade later some might be able to look back and see that I changed that companies outlook on the automobile culture and they "could" tap into it, tho MTV racing has never became a reality and if it does I'd have to come up with a huge retainer since I would sue them...lol

Anyways, the past few years I have been trying to produce a new project independently with no budget but making use of the time I had on my hands. Soon I hope it becomes a reality, the only thing I really lack right now to go into production is the Pro DV Cams. I have built a studio in my bootlegger theme, I have recruited the top racers from the area that launched todays most prominent racing series in Nascar. But Nascar left the bootleggers behind only to turn the phrase into a marketing pitch. Now I have the world baddest Dragstrip for my stage in Thunder Valley. I recently met with Bristol Motor speedway and we have came to an agreement to feature my Outlaw program on reg local night and use that group to beta test my new concept in intramural league racing called the ALR or Amateur League Racing. If the Outlaw series works we have two more classes that cater more to the casual enthusiast and the league can expand to Las Vegas and Z max in charlotte which are both owned by te same as Bristol.

I am no webmaster but everything in this project is up to me since it hasn't made me any money to pay myself let alone any staff...lol but I want you guys to take a look at my site as it is now and critique it.. I still have content like racers bios to add before march 22nd but hows the overall look? Any suggestions to what an average guy might like other than vids which will come later this year?

I have a forum too but it's not intended to be a huge car forum, those are a dime a dozen. Unlike "car Sites" our forum users tho average over 1000hp per user which was my intent to recruit top guys and then use the site as a media to tell the story to the general public...


http://www.racethis.com

I know it's still a work in progress but I also know you all have opinions I want instead of those from a racers. Like 81 year old Willard Kinzer and his stable of 1400hp cars he drives each week to the blue collar guys trying to keep up with the tycoon. My top ten guys are definitely more interesting than Nascars and I am about to tell their story.

[Dawson]

looks cool tidy! I noticed a few spelling errors so you might want to run the spell check again but I like the look of what you have there, Hope it works out and gets big

[Tidy]

Yea spell check is killing me.. I've been typing fast and more worried about coding errors. Thanks D

[Dawg]

Hope this takes off. I cannot offer you much advice but just as a minor point...Bruton pretty much owns Cabarrus county (Home of CMS and-now-the dragstrip) now as a result of their negotiations a couple years ago so watch your ass with that guy.

Never been to any of the races there but there is also a pretty hot little dirt track next to CMS. I assume you know all this.

[Dawg]

LMS, not CMS anymore. Sorry.

[Tidy]

I've been to "the Strip" and vegas round track when I worked in Nascar licensing. Charlotte is the Zmax strip with 4 lanes. Gospeedway, Brutons co. owns quite few tracks.

The bad part is I don't have a lot of $$, esp lawyers. The good thing is that my efforts are very public. One of the reasons I was able to get them to collaborate is several of the sponsors are signed on as racers in my program. So it's $$ vs public opinion. IDK how that plays out in other markets, but not tarnishing the tracks image in Bristol is VERY high on the list. Making this happen Dawg, has been like a slow game of chess, now once it takes off it's going to be like an oldschool 2399 vs SDK vs CoC match and eyes will be watering and I'll be twitching from the pace at which things may go....lol

[andyofne]

Flash intros went out of style a long, long time ago. Especially when they take that long to load. Seriously, as cool as it may be, it has to go.

My internet connection may be for shit tonight but it seemed like everything took too long to load.

I'll check it again tomorrow to see if things are quicker on my end.

[Tidy]

The flash file is only like 700k Andy, I mean hell I've only had broadband out here for like 2 yrs and it's as slow a dsl connect you can get ...lol It was easier to update that file than change everything up. Trying to get the php ladder right is what's really kicking my but. But it's not visible to anyone but admins.

The scroller is the only flash element. Not a big fancy flash file, but I did find out tonight that Iphones won't show it either. I have some css stuff I am working on but I need something workable before the season starts, plus I have a ton of work that isn't online related like getting the hauler vinyled, finishing details with the track, working on cross promotion with a few of the local radio stations etc. I realize at this point I'll be able to use a real web guy once I can get revenue flowing.

[Tempus]

I think it's cool. But then again, I'm pretty easy to please. I hope this all comes together for you, it's been a long time coming.

[{2399}Straycat]

Nice work on the site brother. Keep us updated on the progress.

Andy, his site loaded fairly fast for me so Im thinkin its on your end ( maybe alot of hops or a seriously overused router )