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To all unhappy Spectators.
1. Let me say that the organizing committee worked very hard to put together high quality spectator areas.
2. Three days before the event the Forest Service demanded that we not allow anybody in the wooded areas. Peolpe would only be allowed on the road beds at the spectator points. I am sorry for this restriction and will work hard to expand the viewing for 2003.
3. The FIA, SCCA, Rally Promotions, the Chattanooga Region of the SCCA, the Organising Committee and the USDA Forest Service will not allow spectators to roam free though the forest during the event.
4. The $20 spectator fee was our idea and I make no apoligies for the charge. This is the only professional sport in the country that does not charge a spectating fee. We will continue to charge for spectating at this event.
5. We will work to improve the spectators viewing, give better value and the number of locations available to spectators.
6. We have some new and very exciting plans for spectating at the 2003 event that have never been seen in this country.
I am sorry that people where not happy with there experience in the forest but we as organizers have to maintain the control and saftey of the spectators first and foremost!
John K. Shirley
1. Let me say that the organizing committee worked very hard to put together high quality spectator areas.
2. Three days before the event the Forest Service demanded that we not allow anybody in the wooded areas. Peolpe would only be allowed on the road beds at the spectator points. I am sorry for this restriction and will work hard to expand the viewing for 2003.
3. The FIA, SCCA, Rally Promotions, the Chattanooga Region of the SCCA, the Organising Committee and the USDA Forest Service will not allow spectators to roam free though the forest during the event.
4. The $20 spectator fee was our idea and I make no apoligies for the charge. This is the only professional sport in the country that does not charge a spectating fee. We will continue to charge for spectating at this event.
5. We will work to improve the spectators viewing, give better value and the number of locations available to spectators.
6. We have some new and very exciting plans for spectating at the 2003 event that have never been seen in this country.
I am sorry that people where not happy with there experience in the forest but we as organizers have to maintain the control and saftey of the spectators first and foremost!
John K. Shirley