NASCAR Asked to End Sharpton Support in Wake of Ferguson Police Shootings

National League and Policy Center ^ | 03-17-2017 | Peter Flaherty

[Kevin in California]

I have sent this letter to Brian France, Chief Executive Office of NASCAR:

We ask that NASCAR end its financial support of Al Sharpton and his organization, the National Action Network (NAN).

[Kevin in California]

First of all, I've nothing anyone who likes and supports the NASCAR circuit. More power to ya. As for me, NASCAR racing bores me to tears. Maybe a blessing in disguise I don't as it appears they support the Rev *sarc* Al "not so" Sharpton's NAN network.

Oops.....

[stevio]

NASCAR supports Sharpless? WTF??

[Rome2000]

NASAR is paying Sharpton?

Even he can't believe it.

[freedom6178]

What is Nascar thinking!? Good grief.

[Rome2000]

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[PAR35]

When getting shaken down, you either pay the money, or you pay the price.

[freedom6178]

Maybe so, but when I think of NASCAR the last thing that comes to mind is Al Sharpton. Strange bedfellows.

[QuisCustodiet1776]

The economy, and crap like this, is why NASCAR attendance is down.

Everybody wants to get in line to suck the PC *ick. Everyone will do anything for money. Disgusting.

[Chode]

NUTSCAR...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Next thing you know, the Country Music Awards will present Sharpton with an award.

[UCANSEE2]

Here is a list of some of the companies that support the Rev:

Colgate-Palmolive
Anheuser-Busch
Macy’s
Pfizer
PepsiCo
General Motors
Daimler Chrysler
Wal-Mart
FedEx
Johnson & Johnson
American Honda
Chase
Hawkins Food Group
MGM

I guess everyone has forgotten about Sharpton threatening to hold protests as NASCAR races unless they ponied up for his NAN. That was a couple of years ago, and most of the public only remembers ‘news’ for about two weeks.

[Paleo Conservative]

So if the IRS in a future administraion were to indict Sharpton for tax evasion, could the IRS go after those companies for the money?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The next thing you know, they’ll be trying to tell us that is real racing.

[UCANSEE2]

So if the IRS in a future administraion were to indict Sharpton for tax evasion, could the IRS go after those companies for the money?

I don't see how. But, weirder things have happened lately.

[867V309]

Strange bedfellows.

If wiseguys come to your business and offer to sell you "protection" and you feel compelled to buy it, that does not make you bedfellows.

[freedom6178]

Real men would tell him to eff off.

[vette6387]

“The economy, and crap like this, is why NASCAR attendance is down.”

Now I have one more reason why I no longer watch NASCAR. SCCA ProRacing is probably the only “real racing” going on in this country today. Maybe Sprint Cars too! The rest of it is just a high-speed show. At Sonoma Raceway, NASCAR cut out two turns on the course for their one race of the season there. Reason: it got more cars (with their advertising) past the cameras during the race, and it got rid of a “technically difficult” part of the track.

[Boowhoknew]

When you ship packages by fe they also assist the rev.