Cue the sad circus music and DESPONDENCY. Just heard via The Twitter that MoreFrontWing.com is shutting it down. Paul and Steph and the posse over there did a great job for IndyCar fans. It certainly was a go-to site for all IndyCar news. And their event summary pages, which IndyCar should immediately copy but won't, were hugely awesome for the hardcore fans.
Alas, maintaining a site of that level requires a LOT of time and effort. Paul and Steph, in their farewell letters posted here, said they both were stepping away to use that time in other ways.
I've been operating pressdog.com in this form since 2005, and I can tell you that maintaining a blog is a volunteer effort. Even stuffing your site full of ads will only generate a few hundred dollars a year ($300 a year was my revenue zenith) which works out to about 25 cents an hour for your labor. So if you don't love doing it, or don't have the time to spare to do it, you gotta shut 'er down.
Like Steph and Paul, I've been devoting more of my time to my day job, which pays substantially more than 25 cents per hour, so I completely understand their decision.
Always sad to see good stuff from good people cease, but (cue the odious racing term) it is what it is. Thanks for all the massive effort and fan service and best wishes for the future to everyone at More Front Wing.
Thanks for this, PDog. The positivity and support we've received from far and wide has been overwhelming, yours included. We also hope IndyCar lifts our Event Summaries...
Posted by: Steph | October 17, 2014 at 09:01 AM
It is usually good to go out on top and certainly Paul and Steph (Steph and Paul?)are doing just that. Yeah, those summaries! There was more information in those summaries than what is in my annual Medicare booklet.
Posted by: Ron Ford | October 17, 2014 at 02:45 PM