PA Hillclimb

Happy Holidays from the Polish Mountain Gang :) Just FYI before too much more is discussed on the schedule, both National Road Autosport and the Flinststone VFD are very happy with the August 6-7 date for Polish Mountain event in 2011. We briefly considered the late July date several months ago but ...

AGREED! Mike "manned up" to the challenge of getting the car count out for Polish Mountain and was an energized hub for PIttsburgh's "Polish Pirate" crew all weekend. One of the larger questions on the table is the role of hill climbing in the business scheme of SCCA regional clu...

The next time you guys see that 951 it will be fully caged :) I'm pretty sure Steve's only interest at Polish in 2008 was to participate and see how fast his superb PCA track car could hustle up the mountain. He's now "correctly configured" as a performance car owner (read "secured an...

Matt's making good sense in his thinking here. If we zoom out as far as our PHA Google Earth will allow, the reason to discuss a new class at all is to open the door wider for a first time competitor. Regardless of what it could be called, the only way a new class makes sense is if it decreases the ...

Media Advisory/Press Release first drafts on paper (meaning a Word doc has been created for each :). One for SCCA regions with "PHA announces Two Year Schedule" as the header. One for Grassroots Motorsports profile about hill climbing's grand traditions. One for Vintage Racer profile simil...

Great stuff, guys. Rich, the wonderful part of marketing brainstorming is that there are no wrong answers. We don't have to agree on the "biggest" reason why more folks don't hill climb if we work to address various barriers with multi-front marketing pitches. There is no doubt that one of...

To finish this line of thinking, the idea behind an undeclared class populated with DOT legal cars is to increase hill climbing's appeal to Target Group One ("Move up" enthusiasts many of whom may be autocrossers or track attack guys), right? This certainly fits the working definition of s...

FWIW, I think the field of 2009 hill climb entry prospects falls into three clear categories: 1) People "moving up" from DE or Solo to give it try (SP or SM guys mostly, I think, as Jeremy aptly notes) 2) People with club race legal cars "moving across" for any number of possible...

Jeremy's on the money on several big points. 1) The longest way here is to start with an interest and build or buy a car to the needed spec, the shortest route to a PHA starting line is to have a legal car used for club racing and decide to come out and give this a try, IMO. 2) Hill climbing is not ...

Good ideas, all! OK, here are the unpaid channels we need hit first, I think: 1) Develop a slightly customized "media advisory" in the form of a 500 - 700 word article customized to the media outlet, several of our best images showing cars on course and friends in the pits and a "back...

I'm in Tom for that duty. I'll e-mail you tomorrow.

Re: The Southern Outposts. Stat Boy Tim made a very telling observation in an earlier thread...some 35 racers in the 2008 PHA series never made it north of Mason-Dixon line, albeit for a variety of reasons, no doubt. But speaking as the Polish promoters, we are very thankful that our now-possible 20...

OK, I REALLY like the Morg bobble-head idea. An effort to encourage existing PHA drivers to attend more events is, of course, a good idea...and it need not be an "either-or" proposition to the idea of carrying an evangelical message to other drivers with legal equipment and sufficient seat...

How about some of these semi-serious reasons for starters? 10 Hill climbing doesn't tear up your stuff like a track day surrounded by idiots (unless you're Mark Aubele). 9 It's you against the hill instead an exciting three turns followed by a 20 lap parade. 8 A hill climb weekend is half the price ...

OK, message matters more than money, at least at the start of a marketing idea. Role play, group.

You are a club racer. What are the top ten reasons why you might come out for a PHA event?

Series Wide Marketing Idea: Extending the growth thinking now in place at Polish Mountain, that being the potential benefits of trolling (ahem, should read "marketing to") known pockets of club racers who already own Level 4 Time Trial legal equipment, here are three thoughts for general c...

Polish Mountain 2008 Pix are at this link, Ron. The Pfeiffers shared the orange Brumos tribute Porsche 914-6. Mike Fairfax might be in there too. Hi res downloads are fair game

http://flickr.com/photos/29013746@N05/s ... 526195985/

Correct credit applied. To National Road Autosport President John for his dedicated approach to finding a solution and most importantly to Allegany County Maryland's entire volunteer fire community. FYI, August 8/9 is also East Coast Sturgis weekend in the Maryland Mountains. Thousands of bikers wil...

From today's Cumberland Times, re: Polish Mountain permit. http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_338001604.html Thanks for your kind thoughts and words, guys. Long story short, it is our plan to run a Polish Mountain Hill Climb in 2009 and you are all welcome to come back and enjoy it with us....

Folks, although I am not providing any official statement from the Polish Mountain organizers, I feel the need to clarify. Point 1) FYI, our National Road Autosport organization already runs a full schedule of motorsports events in Western Maryland at the Cumberland Regional Airport. We have an esta...