Race Site Support
 

Ladies and Gentlemen, As you know, we ran our 1st race in Patchogue, L.I. N.Y. last August and it was very well received.
The way we funded the race was through the sale of advertizements in the race program and it worked well. The issue we had was that the cost of the initial program was pretty expensive, so quite a bit of the sales were to cover the cost of the book. We have given some thought to this and with the help of Thorpe Printing in St. Clair, Mich. we are working on a plan to cut the initial and over all cost for each site that participates. Here's the jist of it, 50% or so will be generic having pictures of our race boats, and larger sponsors who will advertise in all programs for all the sites. This should more then cover the initial program cost and possibly raise some money to be divided among the sites. The rest of the program will be for each site to sell advertizing space, with allocated space for the City, FD, Police and Race info. The cover will also be unique to each site. Lance Thorpe has been extremely helpful and the preliminary pricing is great and based on bulk rates. So at this point I am calling out to my fellow racers, fellow race promoters and fellow sponsors, we can make this work! We have verbal commitments on 4 sites which would be 10,000 programs 2500 per site, I think all the sites should get on board. In a couple of days it will be 2008 lets get started!! My cell # is 1-516-702-2601 so give me a call. Thanks, Louie

PS Thorpe Printing is the exclusive printer for the St. Clair Race. So we have all seen his excellent work already.

This is a great concept initiated by the Rigger. It will also bring all the sites together. They all have different ideas on the fund raising aspect of the events. We are going to work with them all in an attempt to build a stronger series for you all. Thankyou Louie, for your continued efforts to move the sport forward. Smitty

So what do you need us to do?

Maybe team profiles with a donation? I might be game for that one.

i will send to you louie every photo you want again for Progam Just Call me freeze frame

Louie, Now thats some great thinking!
MD

Hey Dean, I need 2 things from you 1st stay behind us when we are racing! lol(couldn't resist) We need to get Sponsors to take full page adds in the bulk or generic program, for instance I plan to put a full page ad in all the sites, so whatever the page price is I would times that by how many race sites. The golden question right now is how much for a standard page, we are figuring around 1250 to 1500 per site, we will have this nailed down by early January. What we will need next is to help our local sites get advertizers from business card sizes to full pages. The alternative to this plan was to fence in the park and charge admission, one it's a logistical nighmare, two with the current economy I think it would thin out our fan base as most areas, if not all are feeling the pinch. Hey Scott, that's an option I'm sure a lot of teams will be game for that, hey its your page, you can put in what ever you want, as long as theres no nudity lol we can make another book for that and give Hefner a run for his money! Thanks Jeff, I'll be calling for sure. Thanks Randy, can you knock on some doors in your neck of the woods? I just put on an offshore tee-shirt (well I usually have one on already), get myself inside and start telling boat stories till they figure out the only way to get rid of me is to take an add. lol. Thanks Smitty, being a part of the offshore scene has been a great time and I thank you for all that you do. Thanks guys, Louie

PS Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, okay after the holidays lets all:signs069:

1st: If I can help I will be more than willing if you need it.

2nd: I do for a living..:drink:

3rd: I'll attach a picture of the current job I'm working on. It's about 800 pages and I take the product pictures, do the layout and type set each page. So if I can help layout this for you and it fits into my schedule I'll be glad to do so.

4th: Printing, we work with a printer and do big $$$$ with them, we even did limited edition calendars, maybe only 2000 they printed for under 1.12pr unit (and that was wrapped). So I may be able to get you a better price with our guys to help say you money.

5th: Go to any party store and open a Dirt Wheels, ATV Action, Dirt Bike, Motocross Action, Racer X or Dirt Rider magazine and I have 1 or more ads I have done in each, plus I have done promotional posters for Travis Pastrana, Cernic Suzuki, Yamaha Of Troy and a few others that I will happily e-mail to you in you would like to see my portfolio.

I am going to start this off here. Louie OPA Racing will take The Gold package. On the page we will list our racing schedule, class stats, Class winners etc. If Rick would like to help me put it together, that would be great. Smitty

I'll take a BLACK Page for The Jersey Boyz Crew!

I need to know when the dead lines are. I make 75% of my income in the next 2 months so I'm pretty busy.

Page sizes, format.. all the normal printer stuff. Smitty call or e-mail me with the info you want and we can talk about a layout style you would like.

A single page ad should not take more than a few hours so I should be able to do it on lunch hour.

I am sure that my sponsor will be interested in at least full page ads for the Michigan races. I would also like to help find other advertisers as well.

I would be happy to try for big fish ads like West Marine and manufactures if I am not stepping on anyones toes.

Go for it

Qucik one.. But would you like something like this, full color ??

Hey Rick, That looks pretty sweet, I think were on to something. Thanks, louie

Louie...

You know where to find me if I can be of any help :ernaehrung004:

imax

Thanks Bruce, I was already counting on you lol, we are getting a good start on the season. My friends are still talking about Tony's DiNapoli Rest. I've got to go back in this week for my licenses, I'll give you a ring ,maybe we can swing by for lunch. Thanks Louie

Yea Rick thats the Idea. Pm me your phone number.

If you need extra help...Let me know and I'll be glad to help out....I have a degree in computer graphics and can do something for OPA! :)

Thats great, theres a new race site in your neck of the woods, check with Smitty, if they are doing a program I am sure they will need some help. Thanks Louie

Hey Rigger before I get to my 2nd favorite hobbie of being a complete A$$HOLE running my sensless mouth for no other reason then my own entertainment let me say I think your one cool dude !

It's guys like you that put sooo much uncompensated hard work and passion into what we love to do that let's guys like me reap the bennys from it. Thank you !! If you need me I'm here for ya !

Now back to bizz !!! I'll committ to a full page in every mag if you let me use it to make fun of people including myself ofcourse. for example :




TO MY FRIEND THE RIGGER JUST THINK WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF YOU STOP FUGGGIN WITH MAGS AND START WORKING ON YOUR BOAT.


YOU MIGHT WIN A RACE :evilb::evilb:


What do think ?

Awesome idea!

Let me know if there's anything I can do.

Louie, I'll call you about Cambridge and the program next week after things calm down a little. This could be a great idea for all the sites and a good opportunity for sponsors to get exposure in all of the OPA sites.

Okay...no problem, Louie!

Smitty....Do you need any extra help that will get anyone's attention for season 2008????

PM me if needed or [email protected]

Chris

Are you good with Photoshop and quark? E-mail me your resume.

I know how to work with Photoshop but not quark...I have no work experience as computer graphics. by the time i graduated from college in 2002, job market went bad so i ended up as a job developer.

I will email you my resume today! :)

Hey Jimmy, It sounds great, a"making fun of everyone page" is what we do at the race sites anyway except it will be in print, lol. How about a before and after picture page of DC's rental cars and passengers! The Cintron guys are helping us work on the boat this year, we should win more this season after seeing what they did to you guys!! LOL ouch,
Merry Christmas, Louie

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Love you Guys!!!

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Nice glad to hear Patchogue is a go !:cool-smiley-027:

put RG on the cover..and we could give Heff a run for his money.....

:eek: :p:D

How about her and Dee? It could be called Girl on Girl gettin wet and going fast:party-smiley-004:

Hehe ... you musta seen us together at Pt Pleasant :drink:

:Score-101010:And the pictures were the best:cool-smiley-026:

We better get started on our tan! :p

On a Superboat?

And I will be checking for tan lines:evilb: in person but will take photos with your approval for others to validate.

Would I have to throw anchor?

We'll have to check with Louie, but I do feel you are qualified!

Yes he's our head tan line inspector. But we do have a protocal in which all pictures must be presented to the commitee for inspection. ( and we have a lot of members lol )
Hope everyone had a great Christmas, Louie