fraternities on this campus, but I
wonder now at my former
support. If the Greek horror I
witnessed from the pavement in
the learning faces of the attitudes
of Greek organizations, then they
must be suppressed as all such self
styled elites have been suppressed
throughout history.
Michael C. Houk
President, Moore Hall
NASCAR
To the editors:
We read with interest the
coverage of the Legislature's
December 3 meeting in your
December 12, 1973 issue. We
were natually interested in the
portion of that story that dealt
with the letter to our Corporation
requesting serious consideration
be given to the cancellation of the
World 600 NASCAR Winston Cup
Grand National race on May 26.
All of us are quite aware of the
energy crisis and are ready and
anxious to work toward possible
solutions for this problem facing
and society. We also feel that
there are many people among the
uninformed who quickly point to
the highly visible auto racing
industry as a leading culprit in
fuel consumption. It ain't so.
Enciosed is a breakdown of the
comparative fuel consumption by
Leisure Time Activities. The
figures were compiled by Motor
Sports Marketing Corp. for the
National Motorsports Committee.
The study was made to bring light
to the actual situation for those
who quickly accuse motersports
without benefit of fact or figure.
It might be of interest that
college basketball uses more fuel
annually than all national events
of motorsports like the World
600, Indianapolis 500, U.S. Grand
Prix, etc. High School basketball
uses more fuel than il forms of
auto racing.
Enclosed also is a copy of the
Sources for the study such as the
NFL, General Electric, Associated
Press, National Federation of
State High School Athletic
Association, etc. The complete
report is available from National
Motorsports Committee of
ACCUS, Suite 801, 1629 "K" St,,
NW, Washington, D. C. 20006, for
any of your readers wanting
additional information.
We trust this information will
provide a factual basis for future
consideration the legislature gives
the energy situation.
COMPARATIVE ANNUAL PETROLEUM
GAS.
VACATION TRAVEL
NON-SCHEDULED AVIATION
MOTION PICTURE THEATERS
FOOTBALL
page five/the journal/february 20,1974
FUEL CONSUMPTION
TOTAL GALS. TOTAL BBLS.
5,416,140,827 128,955,734
835,000,000 19,880,952
749,578,653 17,847,110
National Football League
College Football
High School Football
46,708,700
141,097,216
376,237,250
564,043,166
13,429,599
BASKETBALL
Richard Howard
President
National Basketball Assoc.
American Basketball Assoc.
College
High School
8,984,695
3,715,232
38,383,812
187,310,832
238,394,571
5,676,061
HORSE RACING
Thoroughbreds
Harness
55,267,603
42,255,190
97,522,973
2,321,975
AUTO RACING
National Races
Regional Races
30,874,576
62,765,120
RODEOS
BOWLING*
BASEBALL (Major League)
WRESTLING*
GOLF
*Does not include fuel consumption for heat, air conditioning
93,639,696
88,000,000
40,000,000
33,657,289
27,108,185
14,560,000
lights or machinery
2,229,516
2,095,238
952,380
801,364
645,432
346,666
- journal photo/john baynard-