Thread: Jim lovci dolgo, posvečeno kariero v NASCAR zasluži svoje mesto v NMPAs Hall

Jim uživala dolgo Lovec v uspešno kariero v številnih vlogah z nekaj v svojih NASCAR speedways. Na je bil izvoljen za NMPA Hall of Fame.

Preden vam povem o mojem prijatelju, pozno Jim lovec, ki je ena od najnovejših nacionalnih članov Motorsports Press Association dvorana slavnih, želim ponuditi zgodovino lekcijo zvezi lyrics.
Ni bilo časa pred svoj čas, ko redno NASCAR medijska si je bila skoraj neobstoječa.
Za razliko od Danci, ko je za kritje, bo le šlo časopisi pregnan, kem. Radio je bila s prekinitvami v televizije ni bilo mar. V kot ugotovite, enostavno lahko Kibernetski je prostor nezaslišano.
Tako navijači večino svoje novice pridobivajo iz hometown ogledalo revije športni oddelek. No, naj mi spremeniti, da-da je kako južno od črte navijači Mason-Dixon dobil svoje novice.
Tako pisatelj južni motorsports-tisti, ki ni očitno delo za Indianapolis ogledalo revije-je bil dragocen človek, ne samo za svoje bralce, ampak kozarka, tudi za NASCAR.
Bilo je nekaj od in njihov. Pogosto novice tako Najbolj poročali, je o svojih hometown skladb. Vsak račun NASCAR dogodkov drugod je predstavil, tersely, elektronskih medijev.
Leta 1960 časopisov, kem kritja ključnega pomena NASCAR šteje tako se nahajale v Daytona Beach, Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Firence, Spartanburg, Roanoke, Greensboro, v nekoliko manjšem obsegu, proti Birmingham, Greenville v Bristolu.
Pisatelje, vestno kem lokalnih dogodkih motorsports, napisal kazalka v ponudil komentar. Ampak sodeluje pohajkovanje zelo daleč.
Referatov ni skrbi, da plača za razširjeno si.
Lovec na Univerzi v Iž prišel Južni Karolini, kjer je bil vitek nogomet širok sprejemnik v pojavila kot pisatelj za športna Columbia papirja.
V svoji dni kot motošportni novinar Hunter je bil znani lik na območju garaže, ki bi lahko trdijo prijateljstvo s Vzemi legende kot David Pearson (desno).

Med drugimi je bil del motorsports utrip. Gledališču prepričan, kako je sprejela, da na prvi, ampak vem, da je postal eden od najbolj podjetni pisateljev Columbia.
Na ne verjamem v utopista delavcu kot dajanje svojih najboljših. Kako naj vem? Rekel sem, Kot je bil podjetni. Zanj, ki zajema dirka je bila ena nacin-vendar poročati o NASCAR v njenih je bil drugi ljudi v enako pomemben, del posla.
Lovec preživel noč filmi je imel v Darlington's zloglasni v datoteko parcela kos o izkušnjah.
"Kot se spomnim sodeluje še posebej naredil, dobro delo," je dejal.
No, nekako je za razumljivo, če tako pripravljeni za Proslavljanje vso noč, ki bi lahko dodal, je bil lovec. Kljub temu je za naredil.
Kot čas časnikarstvo domobransko lovec poštnih delovni partner s pozno Joe Whitlock. Skupaj oblikujejo delovno "corporation", ki kot tandem, več kot dovolj novic v zabave časa svojega bralce za predvsem.
Vsakdo v garaži območju tako poznal.
Ne, so zavajanjem niso bili pionirji NASCAR si. Namesto tega tako bili inovatorji.
Ko sem prvič srečal v slovenščine lovec-ih je preselil v Atlanti imel.
Sem bil Mar, vendar je nikoli šteti mi Laktaš. Namesto tega sem bil njegov enake. Ponudi nasvete povedal, zgodbe v nikoli ni predlagal morda, da sem bil v nad mojo glavo.
Poslušal sem besedo, je dejal naj.
Lovec, skupaj s pozno Dick Thompson, z javnostmi direktor odnosi na Martinsville Speedway svetoval več kot enkrat mi je najboljših zgodb proti dirke ni prišel od dogodkov. Tako iz Prišli ljudi.
Lovec preselil v lahko dodam, v korist svoje kariere. Je javnostmi proti direktor poštnih Darlington, Talladega v NASCAR, sama.
Razvil v vlogi predsednika Darlington v Natu rose, da postane podpredsednik za odnose z javnostmi za NASCAR položaj, ko je njegov opravil na 29 oktober 2010 po dolgoletno z rakom bitko.
Svojo poklicno življenje je celotno bil vlit v NASCAR.
Ampak ni važno je položaj kakšen opravljal. Vedno je bil sam. Ni bilo nobenega občutka lastne pomembnosti, superiornosti brez zraka.
Član je bil medijev, da mu je nekdo pomena. zakaj? Preprosta. Bil je eden. Vedel je, kaj dela nastali; Kaj potrebno RTV/pisatelj.
Tako je bil na voljo. Vedno je bil vir informacij. Poznam neštetokrat ko bi prišel v media centri, usesti v odgovoriti na naj vprašanje za njega-in je tako dobro v dobi naredil interneta v socialnih medijev.
Enkrat je letel iz Daytona Beach Concord, NC, samo mi skrbeti intervju s.
Darlington proti peljal Enkrat za drugi intervju v je vztrajal, da imamo kosilo skupaj-ki je bil na hot dog stand. Ampak za svojo nezahtevne self zdelo se je naravna nacin.
Vedno je vzel njegovih klicev iz medijev, kot ko je mogel. Ko kot bi mogel, jim vrnil.
Kot dolgoletni prijatelj vedno lahko ž njim šala-in ni bil sam. Sem bil med redkih, ki tako ga klicali "Veliki beli lovec." ja, da je neumnost. Vendar, med nami, smo vedeli, kaj predstavlja.
Moj fondest spomin lovec se je zgodilo pred nekaj leti na njegov sedež v Daytona.
Sem bil tam z nekaj posameznikov, ki tako bili v pomoč za NASCAR iskanju filmski projekt, ki bi lahko je še vedno, dodal v teku.
Ko je povedal lovec terjatve, kar nekaj sem šteje, da je očitno. Na reče: vemola, da lahko ta film z nami ali brez nas. Bi raje imamo vi delati z nami."
Nato je dejal:
"Vi ste srečen, da imajo zelo Steve Waid na krovu z vami. Vam Lahko zagotovim, da je dobra nacin. Vsi ga pozna. Vsi imajo radi njega."
Ja, je bilo PR. Ja, je bil početje svoje delo. Vendar, ko je, dejal je bila pomembna razlika na me je naravnost v oči pogledal kot da goloba povej mi je naj mišljeno besedo.
Sem nikoli pozabil te besede.
Niti iz dni, ko sem iskal moje noge kot novinar v tistim, ko sem postal bo ena, jaz nikoli.
Je odlična izbira NMPA Na za svoj hram slavnih.
zakaj?
Ne zato, ker Jim lovec je bil moj prijatelj v veliko drugimi.
Namesto tega je, ker je človek izvoljen katerih končni življenjsko delo v predanost tako bili za šport sam.
V da je toliko bolje za.

Attachment 3891Jim Hunter enjoyed a long and successful career in many roles with NASCAR and a couple of its speedways. He has been elected to the NMPA’s Hall of Fame.

Before I tell you about my friend, the late Jim Hunter, who is one of the newest members of the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame, I would like to offer a brief history lesson.
There was a time – before my time – when regular NASCAR media coverage was almost non-existent.
Unlike today, when it came to coverage, newspapers held sway. Radio was intermittent and television didn’t care. And, as you can easily determine, cyberspace was unheard of.
So fans garnered most of their news from the hometown newspaper’s sports section. Well, let me amend that – that’s how fans south of the Mason-Dixon line got their news.
Thus a Southern motorsports writer – one who obviously didn’t work for an Indianapolis newspaper – was a valuable guy, not only for his readers, but also for NASCAR.
There were few of them. Most often the news they reported was about their hometown tracks. Any account of NASCAR events elsewhere was presented, tersely, by wire services.
In the 1960s newspapers that considered NASCAR coverage vital were located in Daytona Beach, Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Florence, Spartanburg, Roanoke, Greensboro, and, to a somewhat lesser extent, Birmingham, Greenville, and Bristol.
Their motorsports writers diligently covered the local events, wrote features and offered commentary. But they didn’t roam very far.
Their papers didn’t care to pay for extended coverage.
Hunter came out of the University of South Carolina, where he was a scrawny football wide receiver, and emerged as a sports writer for the Columbia paper.
Attachment 3892In his days as a motorsports journalist, Hunter was a familiar figure in the garage area who could claim friendship with such legends as David Pearson (right).

Among other things he was part of the motorsports beat. I am not sure how he accepted that at first but I know he became one of Columbia’s most enterprising writers.
He didn’t believe in anything other than giving his best. How do I know? As I said, he was enterprising. For him, covering a race was one thing – but to report on NASCAR and its people was another, and equally important, part of the job.
Hunter once spent the night in Darlington’s infamous infield to file a piece about the experience.
“As I remember, I didn’t do a particularly good job,” he said.
Well, that is somewhat understandable if you are not prepared for all-night partying, which, I might add, Hunter was. Nevertheless, he did it.
As time pressed on Hunter became a working partner with the late Joe Whitlock. Together they formed a working “corporation” that provided, as a tandem, more than sufficient news and entertainment – especially for the readers of their time.
Everyone in the garage area knew them.
No, they were not the pioneers of NASCAR coverage. Instead, they were innovators.
When I first met Hunter in the mid-‘70s he had moved on to Atlanta.
I was new, but he never regarded me as an upstart. Rather, I was his equal. He offered advice, told stories and never suggested that perhaps I was in over my head.
I listened to every word he said.
Hunter, along with the late Dick Thompson, the public relations director at Martinsville Speedway, counseled me more than once that the best stories in racing didn’t come from the events. They came from the people.
Hunter moved on, and, I might add, to the benefit of his career. He became the public relations director at Darlington, Talladega and NASCAR itself.
He evolved into a role as president of Darlington and then rose to become the vice president of public relations for NASCAR, his position when he passed on Oct. 29, 2010 after a yearlong battle with cancer.
His entire professional life was imbedded in NASCAR.
But it didn’t matter what position he held. He was always himself. There was no sense of self-importance, no air of superiority.
A member of the media was, to him, someone of importance. Why? Simple. He had been one. He knew what the job entailed; what the broadcaster/writer needed.
So he was readily available. He was always a source of information. I know of countless times when he would come into media centers, sit down and answer every question asked of him – and he did so well into the era of the Internet and social media.
He once flew from Daytona Beach to Concord, N.C., just to provide me with an interview.
I once drove to Darlington for another interview and he insisted that we have lunch together – which was at a hot dog stand. But to his unpretentious self, it seemed the natural thing to do.
He always took his calls from the media when he could. When he couldn’t, he returned them.
As a long-time friend I could always banter with him – and I was not alone. I was among the few who called him “Great White Hunter.” Yeah, it was nonsense. But, among us, we knew what it represented.
My fondest memory of Hunter happened several years ago at his headquarters in Daytona.
I was there with a couple of individuals who were in search of NASCAR’s help for a motion picture project, which, I might add, is still in progress.
When they consulted Hunter he told them something I considered to be obvious. He said, “We know you can make this movie with us or without us. We would rather have you do it with us.”
Then he said:
“You are very fortunate to have Steve Waid on board with you. I can assure you this is a good thing. Everybody knows him. Everybody likes him.”
Yes, it was PR. Yes, he was doing his job. However, when he said it there was a significant difference – he looked me straight in the eye as if to tell me he meant every word.
I have never forgotten those words.
Nor, from the days when I searched for my legs as a journalist and to those when I became one, will I ever.
The NMPA has made an excellent choice for its Hall of Fame.
Why?
Not because Jim Hunter was my friend and one to many others.
Rather, it is because it has elected a man whose ultimate lifetime work and dedication were to the sport itself.
And it is so much the better for it.