Posted on 07/01/2014 6:10:52 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Sarge got a Promotion! All Board FR Heavy Flight 07414
Qualifying on FS1 @ 5:00PM EST
NASCAR evaluating souvenir row: NASCAR fans call it souvenir row, and for the last three decades, they have gone there to browse for hats and T-shirts at enormous truck rigs carrying their favorite driver's merchandise. But that tradition may become a thing of the past. NASCAR is in the early phases of re-evaluating its trackside merchandise program, and it is looking to make a change. The company two weeks ago sent a request for proposal to a dozen companies asking them to submit plans for how the sport could change the way it sells merchandise at races.At a minimum, NASCAR is considering reducing the number of truck rigs along souvenir row, and possibly eliminating them altogether, in order to replace them with a more traditional retail concept like the tented stores set up at the entrance to PGA Tour events. NASCAR teams and tracks have offered their support for exploring a change. The evaluation process follows years of declining merchandise sales in NASCAR. Sales reportedly fell from more than $2 billion in 2008 to $1 billion in 2010. Motorsports Authentics, the motorsports licensing company that was jointly owned by International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc., nearly filed for bankruptcy, and SMI this year abandoned its stake in the business in order to realize tax benefits that outweighed owning it. Motorsports Authentics had been responsible for covering the cost of transporting 20-plus truck rigs to each of NASCAR's 36 Sprint Cup races. The cost of having those trucks crisscross the country became inefficient as merchandise revenue shriveled and attendance decreased at races nationwide.(Sports Business Daily)(7-4-2014)
years of declining merchandise sales in NASCAR. Sales reportedly fell from more than $2 billion in 2008 to $1 billion in 2010.
CAUSED BY THE zer0 KILLING OUR COUNTRY!!!!!
I just don't push the button.
FROM JR's Twitter page...
HAPPY 4th Everybody!
HAPPY 4th Everybody!
Florida gubernatorial candidate on the #98 at Daytona UPDATES:
Given how frugal [Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate] Charlie Crist has tended to be with his campaign money, this surprised us, even knowing that adviser Steve Schale is a racing buff: His campaign is sponsoring [#98 Phil Parsons Racing] Ford in the Coke Zero 400. These sponsorships can cost as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars. “The campaign spent no money on this and the cost of wrapping the car was an in kind donation from a supporter who is a big NASCAR fan,” said campaign spokesman Brendan Gilfillian. The car is owned by Mike Curb, Republican former California lieutenant governor and record company executive who surely knows Crist’s long time political pal, Mitch Bainwol, the former head of the Recording Industry Association of America. The driver is John Wise.(Miami Herald)(7-1-2014)
UPDATE:
A political ad that created a bit of a firestorm has been removed from the Phil Parsons Racing car that will compete Saturday in the Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Phil Parsons said Friday morning he did not remove the “Charlie Crist for Florida” stickers from his car because of the Republican Party of Florida complaint but out of respect to team business partner Mike Curb, a Republican and former lieutenant governor of California. Curb is the listed owner of the car on NASCAR entry lists and his Curb Records logos are on the team equipment. “I did it out of respect to Mike Curb, who is a staunch Republican and he didn’t feel comfortable and he’s been a huge supporter and a partner to us from the very start,” Parsons said in the garage as the car was going through technical inspection. Parsons said he had been paid by a supporter of Crist’s to put the Crist stickers on the #98 car driven by Josh Wise, who gained national notoriety when he won the fan vote into the Sprint All-Star Race in May thanks to the support of the Dogecoin community on Reddit. The underfunded team will return the money.(Sporting News)7-4-2014)
UPDATE 2:
NASCAR lists Mike Curb as the car’s owner, but Curb said he has an agreement with Phil Parsons, a former NASCAR driver and now a team owner. In the agreement, Parsons owns and operates the car, and Curb is listed as the entrant with NASCAR. Curb said he doesn’t control sponsorships and only learned Wednesday night Crist’s name would be on the car. As a co-sponsor of the #98 car, Curb has an ad on the car for his recording artist Lee Brice, a country music performer who is providing the pre-race entertainment Saturday. “I don’t want to get Lee Brice involved in Florida politics,” Curb said. James Finch, a Panama City businessman who owns a construction company, said he brokered the deal with his friend Parsons, who could not be reached for comment Thursday night. Frustrated by Scott’s seemingly endless supply of campaign cash and negative television ads directed at Crist, he said he arranged to pay about $25,000 to Parsons for the sponsorship. “Charlie is a friend of mine,” said Finch, who owned a racing team until late 2013. “Phil is a friend of mine. I was helping out both of them. Charlie Crist hasn’t paid anything for the car. It was all my idea.”(Daytona Beach News-Journal)(7-4-2014)
HAPPY 4th Everybody!
Rained out.
got yer four engine fighter ticket punched...
100%... what's next to get the profits back up, RAISE PRICES???
That had to be the craziest Q session I’ve ever seen. Crazy good maybe. Crazy bad, probably.
-PJ
-PJ
Don’t need no stinkin’ QTM....it was cool, tho.
The pointy end is where we sit, and the other end is where ya roast marshmallows...thas ‘bout all there is to it;-)
Mama’s draggin’ my arse to town...sumpthin’ ‘bout dogs gittin’ pissy if they don’t have food....
Sorry fer the late post....Mama was dragin’ mah arse out, while posting....I’m at tha hizzouse now....,or is that tha crib?
Watching in a bar with Direct TV here in Maine. Satelites were not liking the tropical storm we are having. Picture went out totally on the last lap. Did see on line who won, but missed the action.
KK seemed as surprised as anyone. That was a quick fortuitous burst/jump at the end. He finally had one go his way.
Good morning, Race Fans, we have a race on tonight. What a crazy qualifying run yesterday. And is anyone got Kahne in their fantasy team?
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