Ran into this thread waaaaaaaaaaaaay late (got "cleaned" out of 6speed during the great harvest).

But I wanted to say that excellence doesn't hate 6speedonline.

I can't speak to the advertising tiff (as I don't interact with advertising much) as I never heard about it until here. So I can say that it certainly had never influenced any editorial or art decisions.

As to Wilens, well, there was a disagreement there, but there are always two sides to every story. I don't feel the need to air any of his or our laundry publicly, but I also don't harbor ill will towards him all these years later. And I certainly wouldn't have transferred any feeling about an individual involved with 6speedonline to the whole community.

That pic was chosen by the art director (who knows nothing of any of this) because it was a great action shot, and that was the car that happened to be in the center of the action.

If anything, I thought it was kinda cool that 6speedonline was on the car and got some exposure. When it comes to racing, I suspect it's better to be in the mix and noted than an also-ran and never depicted...

Cheers,

pete

 

Thanks for clearing the air! Great mag by the way always happy to see my copy each month!