"Nuclear Clean Air Energy," and my Atomic Racing logo that we
used in the 1994-95 ANS Indy Car Outreach program. These decals were
all fabricated and applied as a public service by Paul Newman and
Eddie Wachs at no expense to any nuclear participant (all were
invited, few accepted).
In addition to running
two race cars on national TV with nuclear industry decals, EA
President Don Hoffman and I were both interviewed on film by
director Dana Altman (grandson of Robert Altman, director of Mash,
Nashville, and more) for a movie he's making about this innovative
approach to racing for philanthropy.
He's been filming
with the team since its inception, and plans for the movie to be
shown on HBO or Showtime (with Newman's name as well as Altman's
attached, I don't doubt it).
Newman Wachs
Racing has also produced three pro-nuclear press releases; two
were related to the ANS and one to the NEI (see News at
http://www.newmanwachsracing.com/
). Each of these press releases has been posted on the Champ Car
Atlantic Racing website
www.champcaratlantic.com . Maybe the Eagle Alliance is next?
In conjunction with
NWR, the ANS has put up public information exhibits at both the San
Jose and Denver Grands Prix. The Northern California local section
and UC Berkeley student section manned the exhibit in San Jose, and
the Colorado Section did the same in Denver (with a little help from
NWR's marketing manager and Don and I). Future events are being
planned for September at Road America, Wisc. (UW-Madison Student
Section) and at Purdue University for their Nuke Week (Purdue
Student Section). There's a good chance the car will be on display
at the ANS winter meeting in Albuquerque as well.
If you think the
industry should back this effort to insure it continues, better go
see your management quickly. Most of them don't get it, and this
could fade as fast as it started.
The race will be
televised on Aug. 19 & 23 on Speed Channel at 3 PM EST. Don't miss
the start, as our car was rear ended before turn 1, which caused a
mechanical failure-induced crash a few laps later. The EA logo can
be clearly seen in the front-view in-car camera footage of the lap-1
collision as well as the rear-view footage as the wing separates
from the car just before impact with a tire wall on lap 9. As they
keep saying, "that's racing." The other NWR entry, which is driven
by Joe D'Agostino, carried EA logos on its side pods throughout the
race.
My best
to all of you,
Denis Beller,
2nd VP, Eagle Alliance
Chair, EAAC-NV
bellerd@unlv.nevada.edu
