I agree with you.

My point was only that most people that press releases are about do not write them. My impression by an earlier poster was that they thought Henry wrote the release himself.

I receive a lot of releases in which a person is referred to in glowing terms. Most of these get put to the side because they is no way to judge just how good this next great driver is -- and its obvious by the language used by the press release writer that it's an opinion rather that something based in fact.

Two years ago, I was receiving press releases on one driver that spoke glowiingly about him finishing 6th in a heat race, or just making the A-Main. Actually, this young man was crashing A LOT of cars. Today, he is making the dashes and running up front in the feature. But, I feel that the overzealous press releases of two years ago will make people leary of taking any positive press release generated today on that driver today seriously.

As far as Henry, unfortunately, I have not seen him race enough to make a fair assessment. I have watched the results and he's running up front and finishing in top 10s, top fives and winning. Winning turns heads, even if you do still have to pay to get a test drive.
And, if anyone thinks a driver today is going to get a test without bringing some amount of money, they are really kidding themselves. Yes, it's unforunate, but it is a fact of life.

I really wonder if the Tony Stewart of the early 1990s could make it in today's USAC without bringing a pot full of money, let alone the IRL (oops, I'm supposed to say Indy Car) or NASCAR.
Jim Morrison

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