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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 03:50 PM
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YEP mello-yellow contact was till 2023 , see ya in court
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 05:33 PM
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Before you know it, will be a landscape of booked in shows and no prep
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 05:41 PM
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This is fascinating! I can't wait to see which group of billionaires wins...
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 06:41 PM
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Geico is pulling their motorcycle race team sponsorships for 2021. Hopefully this isn't a trend of motorsports money drying up. It used to be that a return on their sponsorship dollars was enough. Sometimes an intangible like goodwill was enough. But at the end of the day , they are selling a product. Nowhere is it implied that there is a responsibility to the customer. The share holder ? That's different. But recently , there is a social component to their largess.......targeting causes and issues that they feel will shine a positive light on their efforts. or so they would have us believe............though I still think cash is king and if there is no return ,there will be no investment. Regardless , if there isn't some form payback for their sponsorship dollars , the teat will go dry. I do see the Coke move as exploiting Covid to enhance the bottom line , but they will try to do it with an all inclusive smile of tolerance and love. LOLOLOLOL
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 07:01 PM
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Who to replace them ?
Winston ?
Seriously , it is going to have to be someone from the " adult " end of the pool...............booze or tobacco...........to come anywhere near the kinds of dollars a national sponsorship should generate.
Weed ?
Taking them to court is the last kiss.
If I know my major corporations at all , they tend to have long memories and a real reluctance to admit they were wrong or forgive a perceived slight. Sounds like Camping World is very interested. https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhr...possible-nhra-sponsor-replace-coca-cola/
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 07:17 PM
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Who to replace them ?
Winston ?
Seriously , it is going to have to be someone from the " adult " end of the pool...............booze or tobacco...........to come anywhere near the kinds of dollars a national sponsorship should generate.
Weed ?
Taking them to court is the last kiss.
If I know my major corporations at all , they tend to have long memories and a real reluctance to admit they were wrong or forgive a perceived slight. Tobacco? Really? How much tobacco advertising do you see since the 70’s???
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 07:20 PM
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Who to replace them ?
Winston ?
Seriously , it is going to have to be someone from the " adult " end of the pool...............booze or tobacco...........to come anywhere near the kinds of dollars a national sponsorship should generate.
Weed ?
Taking them to court is the last kiss.
If I know my major corporations at all , they tend to have long memories and a real reluctance to admit they were wrong or forgive a perceived slight. Tobacco? Really? How much tobacco advertising do you see since the 70’s??? It has been outlawed. I know that. Hence the " seriously " modifier. The next sentence is an allusion to the amounts required to float the NHRA boat.
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 07:45 PM
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tobacco advertising, Confederate flag: banned, it's immoral
Currently favored by NASCAR: people burning police stations
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 08:56 PM
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Slow it down and save $235 he had a choice, how did he pass tech? Chassis cert and tech are different things
all parts are sold as is, all parts are considered used no warranties or returns
paypal/check/money order, shipping is from zip 02891, buyer pays paypal fees 24% IRS 1099A plus 3% of part price, check/money order preferred
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 09:34 PM
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Slow it down and save $235 he had a choice, how did he pass tech? Chassis cert and tech are different things Easier said than done, this is a bracket car that has lived in the in the 5.7-80's for years. They didn't ask or look at anything other than the chassis cert.
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 10:39 PM
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I'm not a huge NHRA fan as a whole and feel a lot of their requirements are a money grab. This past weekend at Bowling Green's Moparty event my buddy took his Super Pro Dart that runs 5.70's. After his his first pass they pull him aside and ask if his chassis is certified? It wasn't so they told him to slow it down or get it certified. It just so happened that for $235 a NHRA tech guy could certify it on the spot, which he did. The rub is not so much that they made him get a cert on his chassis, but they didn't ask about or look at his belts, helmet, flywheel, trans case, window net or a license. He doesn't have a license, his case and flywheel are out of date. So the chassis cert was nothing more than a money grab. This kind of stuff is why NMCA and similar events is gaining in popularity.
I know the history and understand what the NHRA has done for drag racing but IMHO it has turned from grass roots racing to a money grab focused on the Pro classes. That was NOT an NHRA tech person. That was an NMCA tech person. Was it a white dart with glass front end? I was in tech when he was getting his chassis cert.
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Re: Sponsorship trouble NHRA/Coke
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09/22/20 10:52 PM
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No offense, but he's lucky they didn't look too hard or he would have been loading up and going home.
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