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The American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association Calls Out LandSpeed Louise Seven Times

St. Peters, MO – The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association announced the winners of its 2017 Nationwide Media Contest. Presented for excellence in motorsports journalism, photography, broadcasting and books, the annual contest selects the top three entries for each of the 22 categories. “LandSpeed” Louise Ann Noeth was recognized seven times: 4 First Place spots, 2 Second Place slots and 1 Third Place nod. All first places were for magazine writing: Feature, News, and a pair in the always-tough Technical categories. Demonstrating her indomitable competitive spirit to delve into several competition segments, her business reporting covered Road Racing …

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NHRA Midwest Nationals: Visual Cues

The ripple effect of the Houston Hurricane savagery found me stepping to help Rob Geiger at Geiger Media Global whose home and business were flooded out. This meant I went to the races watching not through my usual photog lens and storyteller hunter, but with the perspective of a PR person, guided by Geiger’s very specific agenda that would ensure his clients would not experience any interruption in service. Know this: I have much deeper understanding and consequential respect for how hard the public relations folks labor during a NHRA National event. While the “mission” was highly entertaining and educational, …

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LandSpeed Louise takes Home Honors for Writing & Photography in National Competition

May 29, 2017 – Speedway, IN – Winners of the All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association National Competition were announced just prior to the 100th running of the Indy500. Entries were judged “blind,” no judge was aware of the writer or where the work was published. The works sent for judging were published in the 2016 calendar year. FIRST | Magazine Feature Writing | New Age: Powering Today’s Youth Market | PRI Magazine AUG 2016 AUG2016_Youth_PRI FIRST | Magazine Column Writing | Law & Order: Inside Rulemaking | PRI Magazine April 2016 APR2016_Rules_PRI FIRST | Photography – People | …

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Louise Ann Noeth Resigns as IAMC Chief Judge

Louise Ann Noeth, principal at LandSpeed Productions, has resigned as Chief Judge of the International Automotive Media Competition (IAMCA) effective immediately. Noeth, who for 20 years served as a multi divisional and category judge, stepped into the Chief Judge role in 2014 at the behest of founder Elaine Haessner. “I’ve never been one to sugar coat anything,” explained Noeth, “This competition has uplifted the entire craft through the years and personally, as a volunteer judge the process induced a sense of “give back” purpose, but now that is all done and it is down to irreconcilable creative differences. The IAMC …

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PRI Show audio track from Opportunities in Land Speed Racing seminar

People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. On Saturday, December 10, 2016 PRI Magazine Editor Dan Schechner moderated a panel discussion with expert panelists “Landspeed” Louise Ann Noeth, Maxwell Industries owner Steve Watt, World Land Speed Record Holder Tom Burkland and Stuart Gosswein, SEMA Sr. Director, Federal Government Affairs. The panelists spoke on the state of land speed racing, business opportunities, racing team background, what it takes to go 400MPH as well as the hot topic of the ecological conditions. Listening Time: 01:11:11