Nascar at COTA pre race thread

Dr_B_UNC said:
When all of your teammates have punched their tickets already, the whole "people's champ" stuff only gets you so far and it's a road course. Nice bait though. How's YOUR boys doing? ;)
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Points leader. Doesn't need wins. Junior carved out a nice career with the "people's champ" stuff. Chase Nation gettin' twitchy. I like it. MY boys are fine. No worries.
 
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Dr_B_UNC said:
a HECK of a lot better than the HMS graphics design team is coming up with! *Looking at you, whoever designs the 9 schemes*
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The majority of the HMS schemes over the last several years are from the same design team, and I don't know who they are, but they are terrible. But luckily they don't design the Hooters schemes, which are typically the best looking. Go figure
 
2 Sweet said:
The majority of the HMS schemes over the last several years are from the same design team, and I don't know who they are, but they are terrible. But luckily they don't design the Hooters schemes, which are typically the best looking. Go figure
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StandOnIt said:
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@2 Sweet , I see your point. That #24 is boring, the worst possible adjective one can use for a paint scheme.
 
All 4 Hendrick cars are REAL sponsors. :biggrin: The Raptor coatings are good stuff, expensive, but it is tough as nails.
 
I'm much more about performance than looks and HMS is dominating so far so I wouldn't care if they wrapped or painted them all in tiger stripes. My main concern is which HMS team is going to win this weekend. I'm leaning towards the 9 or the 48 if they can stay out of trouble. The sponsors must like the way the cars look, or they wouldn't sign off on it.
 
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Nitro Dude said:
I'm much more about performance than looks and HMS is dominating so far so I wouldn't care if they wrapped or painted them all in tiger stripes. My main concern is which HMS team is going to win this weekend. I'm leaning towards the 9 or the 48 if they can stay out of trouble.
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Yeah some cars turn out looking better than others, but the main objective is to make the sponsors brand stand out. Some sponsors logo/brands just work better than others. I learned that a long time ago. Some horse owners colors looked ridiculous on jockeys. Same in racing.
 
StandOnIt said:
Yeah some cars turn out looking better than others, but the main objective is to make the sponsors brand stand out. Some sponsors logo/brands just work better than others. I learned that a long time ago. Some horse owners colors looked ridiculous on jockeys. Same in racing.
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I have always been more concerned about what the wrap or paint job on the hauler looked like because you might have that look for a couple of years before changing it and no one wants to pull an ugly trailer around for a couple of years. I was very lucky because the teams I was with always had some of the best looking haulers on the tour. But I definitely was always a little concerned before the start of a new season if we changed sponsors until I saw a drawing of the new wrap. I have to say that my all time favorite and the one that got the most attention is the one in my avatar that I pulled for the last 2 years before I retired. Everyone loved that one.
 
Nitro Dude said:
I'm much more about performance than looks and HMS is dominating so far so I wouldn't care if they wrapped or painted them all in tiger stripes. My main concern is which HMS team is going to win this weekend. I'm leaning towards the 9 or the 48 if they can stay out of trouble. The sponsors must like the way the cars look, or they wouldn't sign off on it.
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Having a good looking car doesn't hurt performance, so it would be great if they could be fast AND look nice. It's all subjective anyway so I guess my point is moot.


StandOnIt said:
Yeah some cars turn out looking better than others, but the main objective is to make the sponsors brand stand out. Some sponsors logo/brands just work better than others. I learned that a long time ago. Some horse owners colors looked ridiculous on jockeys. Same in racing.
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Well, the designers hired by HMS are the first designers in the history of motorsports to make a Valvoline paint scheme look ugly. It's not the colors or the logos, it's just a piss poor design that looks lazy. I'm sure I have complained about it in the paint schemes thread so I'll quit now and let this get back on topic.
 
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