A Night With Phil Branagan

[GTRMagic]

So... on the Friday before the Sandown 500 kicks off, motorsport journalist and social commentator Phil Branagan is hosting an evening of story telling & sharing with fellow motorsport noter Andrew van Leeuwen as his offsider to proceedings.

Link Here

Mr Branagan has been in & around Australian and international motorsport for seemingly forever, at Motorsport News as editor, and contributing to Auto Action and other places... should be a good evening

Details are at the link..

[D.R.T.]

Hot Topic??

[GTRMagic]

A dialog about things motorsport by a noted specialist is interesting.

No idea what interest/participation that may be generated from it, but its worthy of consideration for the Sandown-bound folk looking perhaps for a different way to spend their Friday nite..

Mr Saward does these kinds of events around the world before the F1 races.

Maybe this kind of conversation could be a means of sharing in the future. Actual human interaction & contact making an aliveness for connection.

[D.R.T.]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

A dialog about things motorsport by a noted specialist is interesting.

No idea what interest/participation that may be generated from it, but its worthy of consideration for the Sandown-bound folk looking perhaps for a different way to spend their Friday nite..

Mr Saward does these kinds of events around the world before the F1 races.

Maybe this kind of conversation could be a means of sharing in the future. Actual human interaction & contact making an aliveness for connection.

Not questioning a thread more the subjective decision to tag it as a hot topic? Will all journalists or the like have access to this kind of 'support' or just a chosen few?

I can think plenty of interesting threads that don't get this kind of treatment

Joe Saward does do these prior to F1 races but I am yet to see these stuck to the top of the F1 forum.

[GTRMagic]

This is the first of its kind from this group

Meantime it sits as a 'hot topic' because it is time limited, if a prospective punter doesnt go next Friday, the discussion will be irrelevant

No other parties have ever asked the question of me about sharing what they are up to in this conversation space. Promoting the sport in any positive way is a good thing. If someone else has ideas in the space, of course we will look at them.

[D.R.T.]

So any event, activity topic related thread that is time limited will be viewed and treated consistently in the same way as this example rather than a 'Jobs for the boys' approach?

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Promoting the sport in any positive way is a good thing. If someone else has ideas in the space, of course we will look at them.

Just to clarify - is this forum role now to promote motorsport?

[GTRMagic]

This forum's 'job' is to facilitate a conversation space around motorsport

Whether that is posting here, or attending at circuit. If you think about it, we promote motorsport in every thread about an upcoming race meeting.

And we have discovered that physical presence at a racetrack is not mandatory to taking enjoyment from motorsport activities.

In this case, I hope the night is successful, that some of our posters take the time to join that conversation, and share their experiences of that event here. If it works in that market, there remains the possibility to bring it to other markets. Indeed the Rev Limiter hosted something similar for a number of years, its outcome being a sharing of experiences around motorsport that trancended forum posting & event viewing.

[D.R.T.]

Look forward to all future threads being given the same opportunities and interpretation as this one.

[GTRMagic]

So do I.

Can't wait to see them.

[Umai Naa]

I don't understand why everyone is suggesting there's a hidden agenda here.

Sounds like an interesting event.

[Reload]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

I don't understand why everyone is suggesting there's a hidden agenda here.

Sounds like an interesting event.

Everyone ?

[Umai Naa]

Ok, just one person.

[naca]

Shall we get a similar style of posting whenever adcafe has one of their greenroom afterparty thingos ?

[GTRMagic]

Has anyone from there ever asked?

[D.R.T.]

Originally Posted by naca

Shall we get a similar style of posting whenever adcafe has one of their greenroom afterparty thingos ?

Only seems fair doesnt it?

[peckstar]

maybe a link to the jelly wrestling at Panthers

[rich07]

Originally Posted by naca

Shall we get a similar style of posting whenever adcafe has one of their greenroom afterparty thingos ?

Meh the green room seems more like an after party event with people drinking and mingling as opposed to a night with a guest speaker like in the OP. Different horses for courses.

[one five five]

I do think this is a great idea for an event and worthy of a 'hot topic', hopefully it works, Phil has been in the business for a long time and would be great to listen too

I do wonder if Peter McKay would get the same treatment on this forum if he hosted a night like this though....

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by one five five

I do think this is a great idea for an event and worthy of a 'hot topic', hopefully it works, Phil has been in the business for a long time and would be great to listen too

I do wonder if Peter McKay would get the same treatment on this forum if he hosted a night like this though....

If Mr McKay wanted to host a similar evening, he would be afforded the same communication space as Mr Branagan...

Mr McKay is a very knowledgeable bloke too, been around the sport and beyond for over 30 years.. so from that angle certainly demands respect.

[Langers]

What about an evening with James Phelps?

[Umai Naa]

Sounds torturous.

[D.R.T.]

Originally Posted by Langers

What about an evening with James Phelps?

Would there be enough content to go beyond 5 mins?

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Langers

What about an evening with James Phelps?

You'd turn up knowing what he said beforehand because everyone knew what even though he claimed what he was saying was an exclusive scoop. Waste of time and money.

[naca]

Originally Posted by D.R.T.

Would there be enough content to go beyond 5 mins?

If the V8SC PR department gave him more content, I'm sure he'd be able to manage at least 7 minutes.