OverviewLess than a month after the checkered flag fell on
the 1999 Score San Felipe 250, the guys at Shoemaker Productions
are bringing the event into your livingroom, just in case you
couldn't make it down the peninsula, or missed the original
broadcast on Speedvision. Even if you did happen to catch it the
first time around, the 1999 San Felipe 250 video is an excellent
addition to your growing off-road video collection. Why? Glad you
asked!  There are some things
that never get old. Watching Ed and Tim Herbst fly across Laguna
Diablo at well over 125 mph, kicking up a dust trail that looks
deceptively similar to the contrail of a jet fighter; Dale White
& Brian Collins outpacing many unlimited buggies and Trophy
Trucks in a steel production bodied Class 8 Chevy; Ryan Arcerio
bringing the Chenowth / Toyota "Millenium" to ever greater heights
and higher finishes.; the list goes on and on.
What does get old however, is struggling through the
recent influx of sub-par off-road videos. Spending your hard earned
denero on a video that gets watched once and relegated to the
circular file, never to be seen again is no ones idea of a good
time. Fortunately Shoemaker has yet to produce such an animal, and
the San Felipe 250 video is among their best productions to
date. Highlights Off road racing legend
Ivan "Ironman" Stewart is back in the broadcast booth, along with
Multi time Baja / Motorcycle champ, and pilot of the Team
MacPherson Trophy Truck, Larry Roseler. Together, they bring a
wealth of knowledge and experience to the color commentary, making
the what's and whys of desert racing understandable to even the
greenest desert enthusiast.
The combination of in car cameras in such diverse
vehicles as Herbst Motorsports"Truggy" and Trophy Truck, Gus
Vildosola's Class 1 buggy, and the Lucas Oil - Class 7s truck give
the viewer a perspective of the wildly performance capabilities
...to say nothing of some adrenaline inducing visuals! Professional camerawork from both ground level and
high above thanks to the helicopter crew show the trucks, buggies,
and scenery to their best effect. Editing that makes sense, is done professionally, and
results in a chronicle of the event, rather than a "collection of
shots". Inside the industry looks at the Lucas Oil team,
products, and company, along with a suspension installation from
Fabtech Motorsports. Pre and post race interviews with 1998 Class 1/2-1600
champ Bekii Freeman, Terrible Herbst Motorsports, Dale White /
Brian Collins and more. OverallWorking in conjunction with Speedvision, Shoemaker
Productions is bringing off-road racing to an audience that the
networks and "big" sports channels like ESPN have abandoned - IE,
Us. Thanks to their efforts, and to the racers who make it all
possible, off-road racing is experiencing an explosion in growth
and popularity. When you consider the quality of a production like
the 99 San Felipe 250, it's not very hard to see why. Seen any good
videos lately? I'd like to recommend one......... Shoemaker
Productions
www.shoemakertv.com 15471 Redhill Ave., Suite A,
Tustin, CA 92780
(888)807-2673
FAX:
(714) 258-1816 And tell'em Off-Road.com sent you. | 
