2020 NASCAR Thread

Awesome that you brought that up. In the Great Recession, it seemed like race name sponsorships were going for a song, because we'd get last-minute requests from NASCAR to switch generic names to some off-the-wall sponsorship that popped up, especially from Darlington for some reason.

All of us in the office wondered exactly how much it would cost to "sponsor" a Truck race at that point ($2,500?) and thought about pooling money just to name one The Craftsman Truck Series "Happy 25th Anniversary Mom and Dad" 250. Or "Congratulations on your Bat Mitzvah, Rebekah!"

NASCAR has always been about "if the check clears." And many times, even if the check doesn't clear. How many teams got suckered into dot-com sponsors? Or energy drinks? Vaporware? In a way I feel sorry for ... actually, no I don't.

 

Exactly, sir. NASCAR has ALWAYS been about "if the check clears." You think if a campaign offers to pay for the hood and rear quarter panels from now to Election Day, you think the team is turning it down? You think they're letting NASCAR tell them to find another sponsor?

We all know better.

 

The Tabasco Fiasco says hey

 

JD Stacy was a great one. I think he's still wanted in the Bahamas for scamming condos. (Update: Died in 2016.)

Angela Harkness, the Iranian "kindergarten teacher" (ex-stripper) was another.

To be honest, I'd guess at least 10-20 percent of the Busch/Truck owners at any time are over-leveraged to the hilt. If the bank called the loans, they'd be all sorts of carpentry fasteners.

 

NASCAR happily green-lighted the NRA 500 a few months after Sandy Hook. They were giddy to dance on the graves of those 8-year-old crisis actors. If they want the public to believe them about their commitment to diversity, they'll disengage from any remotely political affiliation. We shall see. Their boy in the White House thinks Bubba Wallace is to blame for the noose somebody else put in his garage.

 

NASCAR does have a history of forcing race teams to remove sponsors before taking the track. A few years ago, someone had to pull the sponsorship of a legal marijuana dispensary and several years back, someone couldn't race with a confederate flag and sponsorship from some flea market or something that had the word "redneck" in it.

 

Cueball drove the Tabasco car.

Noah Gragson thinks he had it bad the other night? He’s gonna get Kurt Busched soon enough if he keeps wrecking people. I’m surprised Justin Allgaier didn’t do it at Bristol. Worst part about it is that a Burton went after him. I don’t think I’ve seen any of them ever get pissed.

 

Hope you didn't get 'Bodined'

 

Have we already forgotten the Jeff Gordon-Jeff Burton slapfest at Texas? That's still one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed.

It takes Ward about 10 minutes to spit out one sentence, plus anyone not from South Boston wouldn't have any idea what he said anyway.

 

Tabasco thinks it got Beverleyed.

BTW, Tim Beverley is in prison for tax fraud, wire fraud and filing false probation reports. Gotta suck to be sent to the federal pen as a senior citizen. At least Bobby Ginn managed to stay out of jail.

 

Ah, the glory days!