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Weeks says there are presently ten active women in PUMA and another 150 on their mailing list. "Except for two, they're all call girl level,"--as opposed to streetwalkers--Weeks says of the active members, adding that many of the prostitutes PUMA works with are "teachers, nurses, cooks and students. A lot of our women are students putting themselves through shool...
...into S&M here, but motor racing is something entirely beyond their ken," Aronson says. "Part of that is due to their misconceptions about racing--they think it's just going round and round a track." As Herne jokes, "Harvard students automatically put racers on the greaser level...
...season of racing competition at any level is not just plain fun for these men. Racing requires money, a fact of life that leads to conflicts between their personal politics and the world of racing. "It's a frightening sport. You've got to do everything big money demands to get it," Medenica explains. "A lot of people who are big in racing are big-time fascists. Even in Europe, road-racing itsn't necessarily considered right-on. There's a lot of politics in racing, and for the most part, I don't agree with...
...representative of the international regulatory body of road racing, also sponsors Super Vee and the new Atlantic series, which compares roughly to European Formula Two. In all, the SCCA covers 28 classes of racing, from weekend drivers to professionals. In every class, racers must begin at the regional level of competition. There are 80 regions in the United States, among which New England and Southern California are by far the largest and most competitive. Above the regional classes are the eight divisions, and the top six drivers, based on accumulated points, in each division go to the National Run-offs...
Medenica and Aronson will spend as much time as they can this winter putting together promotion kits, trying to pour some advertising dollars into the car. While top-level teams have no problems selling and space on their cars (witness the E-Z Wider car of two seasons ago), it may be difficult to sell potential advertisers because of the obscurity of Formula Ford races. The two entrepreneurs will also seek patrons wherever possible. Medenica's commitment to the effort is complete--he says he decided to attend Business. School in order to make enough money to keep racing...