pro touring magazine

[GM Muscle]

who else would like to see a magazine specifically dedicated to road racing, auto crossing and pro touring. 100% g machines and real muscle? you always see the circle track, car craft, super chevy and all that jazz.. how realistic would it be to get some one on the scene and get them to put a pro touring dedicated mag? or does one already exsist and i just havent seen it?

[chicane]

There is Grassroots Motorsports ... but they dont really know of the "Pro Touring" gig.

[ItDoRun]

I inquired about one on the PT site and it got shot down. I'll subscribe!

[almcbri]

To me, popular hotrodding is the best magazine dedicated towards the PT-gmachine movement. I think PHR gets a lot of inspiration from this site as well as others for their articles.

[JohnnyGMachine]

I think if you do a magazine like that you'd have to do something "more". I think it'd have to be about more than just the cars, more of a G-Machine Lifestyle. To a lot of car guys I think cars are a big part of their lives. Take a look at a few of the tuner magazines (I know to some it would probably burn their hands and cause temporary blindness) and check out the format, it's about cars, clothes, basically a lifestyle and I think this has a lot to do with why the japanese car culture has exploded and is so appealing to the target audience. I'm just thinking out loud here. How about a G-Machine culture magazine? Why not? The unique thing about a typical g-machine is that it has more than one purpose - you can road race, autocross, drag race, take it to the local cruise in and even run the honey-do trip to the store (the married guys know about this LOL!). I'd think you could have a lot to put in a magazine - heck start out with a quarterly? G-Machine Quarterly? This kind of magazine with the right vision could help take pro-touring to the next level.

Just my thoughts, I'd definately subscribe!
John

[almcbri]

Originally Posted by JohnnyGMachine

I think if you do a magazine like that you'd have to do something "more". I think it'd have to be about more than just the cars, more of a G-Machine Lifestyle. To a lot of car guys I think cars are a big part of their lives. Take a look at a few of the tuner magazines (I know to some it would probably burn their hands and cause temporary blindness) and check out the format, it's about cars, clothes, basically a lifestyle and I think this has a lot to do with why the japanese car culture has exploded and is so appealing to the target audience. I'm just thinking out loud here. How about a G-Machine culture magazine? Why not? The unique thing about a typical g-machine is that it has more than one purpose - you can road race, autocross, drag race, take it to the local cruise in and even run the honey-do trip to the store (the married guys know about this LOL!). I'd think you could have a lot to put in a magazine - heck start out with a quarterly? G-Machine Quarterly? This kind of magazine with the right vision could help take pro-touring to the next level.

Just my thoughts, I'd definately subscribe!
John

well said. Those are good points.