On The Rack: Does it stay or go?

Sorry Stationwagonguy, but the first thread on the omission of "rack" from the March 2009 issue of CC is right next to this one on the current list of "In the Magazine" threads.  And there's this thing called a "search" function that on every page of this forum. Try it.

The bottom line is that with only 90 pages left, CC just cannot afford to waste any more space on fluff that's not about making cars quicker, faster, better stopping, or better handling. There are plenty of other magazines and websites for "girls, girls, girls" entertainment.

CC could run lots of things that would make some people "glance . . . and smile," but that's not why serious readers buy/subscribe to a HOT RODDING magazine.  

If cars mixed with barely clothed chicks were "the answer," magazines like "Lowrider," "Old Skool Rodz," and the departed "Autobuff" would have been legendary top sellers.

Tech, not "TA-TAs" is what a real hot rodding magazine is about.

BTW, if CC absolutely must include girls for window dressing, the last couple of issues of "Hot Rod Deluxe" would be a blueprint on how to do so tastefully and without detracting too much from editorial content.

All of this is, of course, lost on that small minority of adolescent CC readers who scream at the top of their beer-n-reefer-soaked lungs for all of the media (including CC) to become nothing more than a non-stop parade of tacky "wet t-shirt" contests and "Girls Gone Wild" videos.  Such is the state of our rapidly declining culture.  
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Woh woh woh.... Stay or go??  Whats better than reading a whole issue of Car Craft and topping it of with some fine hotties sporting Car shirts?  The penis enlargment ads can go but I vote to keep the "On the Rack".  
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It may not be the fastest or prettiest, but i can pretend

More tech. Fewer "t's" and "a's"  
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TURBO TED --Internationally known as the "John Force of the Yugo Racing Association."

Sergeant-at-Arms and immediate Past President of the SoAL Yugo Owners Group.

I'm glad they removed on the rack.  I was sick of only see white girls.  CC needed to throw in some variation.

I am be white, but white meat isn't my thing.  

I can't believe this is even a serious question!!!  I have been reading CC since I first went to Germany with the Army in 1991.  A lot of what I've learned and then tried was first exposed to me in CC.  I love CC and will never let my subscription end.  But...in this thread it is being called a serious mag.  I hate to say this and odds are I'll catch a lot of heat for it but I feel CC has been slipping over the past five years.  I love the 'new' look with witty little print in the margines.  I love 'This Guys Garage', horsepower, the pics of someone blowing up their race car, AND I LOVE ON THE RACK!  It is the tech that seems to have been watered down over the years; the same with Petersons Four Wheel & Offroad.  Look, keep the women, keep 'On The Rack'.  If you don't like it, then just skip it, it's only two pages.  Does it sell more mags?  Maybe a few and that can't be a bad thing.  Is it hurting anyone?  No, if you don't like it, skip it by.  The same with the cartoon, I like it, leave it.  Make these two things a CC staple.  And I'm not trying to knock CC, I love my monthly CC.  I think it just needs to get a little more techy like it use to be.  I know you guys are working your tails off, I'm just asking for a little more.  BTW, love Junkyard Crawl too.  I always look forward to Junkyard Crawl, On The Rack, and REARVIEW to cap off each mag.  When I finished my March issue, I went back page by page thinking I must have missed On The Rack some how.  Very dissapointed it was dropped.  Now bring it back!  

Feltupnova,

How do you know it's not hurting anybody?

That rolling pin across the chops from Mrs. Turbo Ted wasn't real comfortable, don't ya' know . . . .

Seriously, there are probably some women Car Crafters and potential women Car Crafters who are turned off by the sexism.  There are undoubtedly some parents who won't let their kids read the mag anymore (and yes, I know that kids see worse stuff at the mall and on T.V., but there are still some diligent parents who at least try to fight the onslaught). And there are probably even some young readers to whom CC's thinly-clad models are a "gateway" to more risque pursuits.  

Just because some of you get a "rise in your Levis" from "Rack" doesn't mean that it's all good for everybody who lays eyes on "Rack."

If this really a family sport, then CC ought to go out of its way to keep it "family friendly."  If not, then I suspect "Easyrider"-style content is just around the corner.

I've got to agree that with less than 100 pages, wasting space on skimpy t-shirts is a questionable editorial decision.

More tech! Fewer T's and A's!  
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TURBO TED --Internationally known as the "John Force of the Yugo Racing Association."

Sergeant-at-Arms and immediate Past President of the SoAL Yugo Owners Group.

I've also been a regular subscriber for 17 years. I actually think the past five years have be great. Way more diversity in subject matter. It was kinda Chevy Craft for a while there.

Your point about sexism is a good one. I've got a few nieces that would make great car crafters. HOt spreads like "HorsePower" and "This Guys Garage" is all the motorhead porn I'm looking for in Car Craft. I usually breezed over the Rack pix on my way to the historical pic on the last page. That stuff is great. I actually didn't even notice the Rack was gone. The point is… I have never read CC for the Rack. LOL.

OK all that said, it is totally natural for an average guy to find hot chicks in tight t-shirts compelling. That drive is what perpetuates our species after all. It's repression and negativity associated with societal dogma that turns that into some thing destructive. I mean, seriously, are we really spiritually strengthened by an environment devoid of temptation? Am I any less committed to my Marriage because there are available women around me? If I am, then I'm the one with the problem.

Finally I'm always confused by my fellow American's aversion to nudity. I mean, you can pop the TV on every night and see people's heads getting blown off but flash a boobie at half-time and the whole country's in an uproar.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, pictures are compelling but they are only as powerful as our attitudes. I'm not saying anyone here doesn't already get that. I'm guess I'm so self-important that I think I've got to write this stuff down. LOL

Interesting thread.  
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