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Old 03-17-2009, 06:17 PM
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Default Re: Super Chevy coverage of SCR11

In Bob's defense I have to say he may have little control over some of the miscues. Many of these writers submit articles to the respective publications and are quite surprised at how the final piece appears when the magazine hits the stands. These submissions cross the desks of a number of 'editors' who alter, delete and modify content and size to fit the allowable space.
Based on conversations with Doug Marion just a few short years ago, he submitted articles to Chevy Rumble and had NO idea when or if they would be published. He actually had to go to the news stand, buy each issue, scan through it to see if any of his articles were included, then prepare an invoice and send to John Dianna for payment.
I had lost interest in Super Chevy for a number of reasons, but now that Bob (and Doug Marion from time to time) is submitting articles on events and cars WE care about, I will pick up certain issues of SC. Sure, there are errors from time to time. And I can say for myself, I probably get more upset when it's in an article about a friend's car than if it were mine.
I'm thinking of a day I spent with Dennis Hartweg at the Secretary of State Show just after he took delivery of the #23 ZL-1. He was parked next to a certain DY Yenko Camaro. The crowd would walk right past Dennis' ZL-1 and stop to stare at the Yenko. He and I were standing behind his car kind of chuckling at what we saw. I made the statement that they obviously had no idea what they had just missed. I recall vividly his response, "It doesn't matter what they think; we know, don't we."

I still miss that man.
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