Best Buy moves to Roush

This does not look good for Allmendinger.
Now we need to see if there will be enough funding for Roush to run the #6 after all...
 
" Best Buy will serve as primary sponsor of Carl Edwards' No. 99 Ford for two races and the Matt Kenseth No. 17 Ford for nine races. In addition, Best Buy will serve as associate sponsor for each. "

Thats only 11 races as Primary sponsor, I can't beleive nobody's stepping up to sponsor the 17 team for the full season?
This economy is killin us :(
 
FlFlash said:
" Best Buy will serve as primary sponsor of Carl Edwards' No. 99 Ford for two races and the Matt Kenseth No. 17 Ford for nine races. In addition, Best Buy will serve as associate sponsor for each. "

Thats only 11 races as Primary sponsor, I can't beleive nobody's stepping up to sponsor the 17 team for the full season?
This economy is killin us :(
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I don't think it's the economy as much as it is 1) The escalating costs of sponsorship and 2) the inability of NASCAR to attract the audience that sponsors crave (18 to 34 year olds)
 
I have to admit the business side of racing has never turned my crank.
I know owners almost have to submit to the whims of the corporate dollars, I hate it and them running our sport.


There is a law of unintended consequences my ideas may be crazy. But I wish running a team budget could be limited to something between 5-8 million per team, to control the corporate power.



The drivers and the owners should be the gods, not the sponsors. The Corporate equals suites and ties, boring, boring. They don't have our racing blood, and and to much action at the track gives them the sweats.


When I was a boy racing my toy cars on the floors inside, and the dirt outside, and a high school teen, pure racing was the alpha and omega, it was everything. I turned down dates to go to track (God, I was a fool if you are young just remember the racing will hang around longer than the girls).


Greg....Greg the topic what are you saying......?.


My racing ideas never planned on having the corporate powers being so controlling. I want 60 teams showing up a week. New start up teams to be on going, that aren't to regulated to try the radical.


Were something just a little beyond a local mom and pop can set up a race shop, and give a local hot shoe a shot at the big time. That's what inspired me to make racing and Saturday nights the beginning and end of all things, those corporate suites are spreadsheet freaks, not racing freaks.



A budget platform of 5-8m would better facilitate that than a few luxury 20 million dollar deals.



End of rant.
 
Greg said:
I have to admit the business side of racing has never turned my crank.
I know owners almost have to submit to the whims of the corporate dollars, I hate it and them running our sport.


There is a law of unintended consequences my ideas may be crazy. But I wish running a team budget could be limited to something between 5-8 million per team, to control the corporate power.



The drivers and the owners should be the gods, not the sponsors. The Corporate equals suites and ties, boring, boring. They don't have our racing blood, and and to much action at the track gives them the sweats.


When I was a boy racing my toy cars on the floors inside, and the dirt outside, and a high school teen, pure racing was the alpha and omega, it was everything. I turned down dates to go to track (God, I was a fool if you are young just remember the racing will hang around longer than the girls).


Greg....Greg the topic what are you saying......?.


My racing ideas never planned on having the corporate powers being so controlling. I want 60 teams showing up a week. New start up teams to be on going, that aren't to regulated to try the radical.


Were something just a little beyond a local mom and pop can set up a race shop, and give a local hot shoe a shot at the big time. That's what inspired me to make racing and Saturday nights the beginning and end of all things, those corporate suites are spreadsheet freaks, not racing freaks.



A budget platform of 5-8m would better facilitate that than a few luxury 20 million dollar deals.



End of rant.
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I agree with this 100%
 
FlFlash said:
" Best Buy will serve as primary sponsor of Carl Edwards' No. 99 Ford for two races and the Matt Kenseth No. 17 Ford for nine races. In addition, Best Buy will serve as associate sponsor for each. "

Thats only 11 races as Primary sponsor, I can't beleive nobody's stepping up to sponsor the 17 team for the full season?
This economy is killin us :(
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The problem for Matt is that anyone who goes to Roush Fenway wants to sponsor Carl Edwards.
 
Great rant Greg . But we ,as fans , bear some resposibility . Instead of constantly complaining and calling for CHANGE ,we should be fighting against it. This year crop of restrictor plate changes will cost teams millions of dollars. Wind tunnels and test tracks will make a fortune . Sponsors will be asked to pay even more . The changes will keep coming ,they will effect the sponsors but have very little impact on the racing.
 
ted@economy said:
Great rant Greg . But we ,as fans , bear some resposibility . Instead of constantly complaining and calling for CHANGE ,we should be fighting against it. This year crop of restrictor plate changes will cost teams millions of dollars. Wind tunnels and test tracks will make a fortune . Sponsors will be asked to pay even more . The changes will keep coming ,they will effect the sponsors but have very little impact on the racing.
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I wonder where teams will go for superspeedway testing now that Rockingham is a NASCAR track again.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I wonder where teams will go for superspeedway testing now that Rockingham is a NASCAR track again.
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There's a track in south Georgia near Valdosta that alot of them use already. Rockinghams a Speedway Not a SuperSpeedway.
 
FlFlash said:
You'd think they'd realize that Kenseth finished 4th in points and had 3 Wins which is TWO more than Carl.
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Gotta say though, personality wise, kenseth v. Edwards, no contest and sponsors look at that a lot.
 
Eddie Haskell vs. Wallpaper Paste

Edwards is a two-faced bee-yotch who will say anything to anyone if he thinks that's what they want to hear.

I have heard that Matt has a quick and ascerbic wit - but it is rarely on display to the public.

Edwards will win the popularity battle every time - but Matt will maintain his dignity.
 
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