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Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: john9001 on October 28, 2006, 05:48:35 PM

has selling corp naming rights gone too far?

nascar is running "the easycare vehicle service contracts 200"craftsman truck series at alanta motor speedway.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: mosgood on October 28, 2006, 05:54:48 PM

The nascar fans are the only ones that will be able to tell you that.  If they get anoyed.. nascar will backoff.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: FBplmmr on October 28, 2006, 07:12:39 PM

how is that any different than the "mellow yellow 500" held at "Lowe's motor speedway" driven buy guys who look like they rolled round in my sunday paper coupon section?
 
I used to go to the "Firecracker 400". Several years ago it became the "pepsi 400" .
at least Atlanta is still Atlanta and not "carpet barn speedway"

I started getting p/o'd when it seemed they would change paint schemes just to sell more diecast "collectables"

cookie cutter tracks-multi car teams .. its gotten old over the last few years

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: Chairboy on October 28, 2006, 07:36:52 PM

The selling isn't the outrageous part, it's the fact that there are buyers.  If the buyers can consistently show a positive return on their investment, that means that the viewers really are paying attention to this type of product placement/naming.

If _THAT'S_ the case, then it's not the owners of the races that should be admonished, it's all the idiots^H^H^H^H^H^Hviewers who are the real suckers^H^H^H^H^H^Hpeople that should be criticized.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: john9001 on October 28, 2006, 07:53:21 PM

i just a dumb ol farm boy, what do "^H^H^H^H^H^" mean in english?

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: mosgood on October 28, 2006, 08:18:26 PM

When I worked for Taebo, we would drop a million bucks a year to sponsor an indy car with Delta Faucets.  I always thought is was a huge waste and didnt pay off except for the infield owners box seats at the Indy 500 three years in a row... wooohooo!

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: moot on October 29, 2006, 05:47:24 AM

Pressing backspace in the DOS days would print ^H instead of erasing the character next to the command line's cursor.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: john9001 on October 29, 2006, 07:49:43 AM

so chairboy is still using DOS?.. time to upgrade chairboy.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: WilldCrd on October 29, 2006, 10:47:02 AM

Just wait until the "tampax 400" comes out.
ppl will probably have to "pull a few strings" to get good seats for that one

























yeah i know i just shamelessly stole that.....gotta admit tho THATS funny right there! i dont care who ya are!!

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: rpm on October 29, 2006, 11:43:15 AM

In NASCAR it really does'nt bother me that drivers and cars are plastered with sponsors. Renaming the tracks does. Same goes for other sports. To me it will always be The Ballpark in Arlington, not Ameriquest Field.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: nirvana on October 29, 2006, 03:47:31 PM

I dunno, the names of ballpark's seem to reflect the local products.  Coors Field here in Colorado, the old Enron Field in Houston...

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: Waffle on October 29, 2006, 03:49:31 PM

http://kinkyfriedman.com/


lol look at the front page......

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: nirvana on October 29, 2006, 03:54:16 PM

Damn, he has his own talking action figure (IT'S NOT A DOLL!), plus you can get your name on the cars for donations of $100.  Looks like RPM donated too early.

Title: selling corp naming rights
Post by: rpm on October 30, 2006, 01:16:25 AM

I'm not in it for the perks. But I have to admit it's a sweet deal.