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NASCAR itself brings more negativity to the ad offering than Danica can offset with looks and name recognition. Smart move by GoDaddy, which is a company dumb enough to stomp all over its customers whenever they panic. Even they can see how Brian's crumbling empire isn't worth being a part of.
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Jeff Gordon will do the Indy/Charlotte double in 2015. ...as the pace car driver for the 500. e- Back to Danica. The Brand lives: quote:"Maybe there's something out there that will be new and fresh, maybe reach a new demographic that both markets me and builds my brand," Patrick told the Associated Press. "I've always encouraged my partners to use my platform to build their brand, and this is maybe an opportunity for something new." See? You need ME! You need to come sponsor ME because My Brand will help yours! Don't you want to be associated with Danica PatrickTM? MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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CBJSprague24 posted:Jeff Gordon will do the Indy/Charlotte double in 2015. There's IndyCar fans that are actually offended at this. I'm not kidding. No I am not one of them, good for Jeff.  . Would have been nice if he would have given a Dallara a spin during his career or one day though. CBJSprague24 posted:See? You need ME! You need to come sponsor ME because My Brand will help yours! Don't you want to be associated with Danica PatrickTM? MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I hope we see her in Formula 1, just for pure comedy.
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CBJSprague24 posted:See? You need ME! You need to come sponsor ME because My Brand will help yours! Don't you want to be associated with Danica PatrickTM? MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! Holy poo poo shut up with this, this is literally every driver.
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If anything I give Danica credit for at least being transparent about it.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Holy poo poo shut up with this, this is literally every driver. its no less retarded
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FuzzySkinner posted:There's IndyCar fans that are actually offended at this. I wouldn't be surprised if he ran it next year
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sportsgenius86 posted:I wouldn't be surprised if he ran it next year Not with his shameful back
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Muddy Burphy posted:Not with his shameful back He's got young kids now too. Don't think he'd want to risk such a thing. Would be awesome, but yeah, I just can't see it.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Jeff Gordon will do the Indy/Charlotte double in 2015. Dammit CBJ the first sentence of your post made my heart drop a little bit.
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"reach a more globally-diverse set of customers." lol edit: I can just see Brian France, "no don't go we got one of them indians used to drive in nascar, not one of them poor feather indians one of the rich dot ones!! And we got a black guy, well half black, in the trucks!!!"
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Peanut President posted:"reach a more globally-diverse set of customers." Damnit, I read this picturing Brian France speaking with an exaggerated version of Peanut's accent.  "We use-ta have one of those Eye-talians but he didn't run too good so he got replaced by Casey Mears. Plus, we had a Mexican that run the Formula 1 cars in Europe and a guy from Austria who done good on road courses but they're not here anym...they still run, yeah! And we run races in Mexico and almost had two races in Canada, but we ain't runnin' Montreal no more 'cuz the promoters wanted us to run two races in one day and we said no."
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go3 posted:its no less retarded blame Richard Petty
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FuzzySkinner posted:There's IndyCar fans that are actually offended at this. This has me thinking: What have been some bad pacecars in NASCAR? Remember the Lindsay Lohan Herbie pacecar? Or the Hendrick Transformers pacecars? (They were Jeff Gordon/Jimmie Johnson cars but half-transformed into some Michael Bay monstrosities.) If one of you says the one from the Batman Begins 400 I'll cut you.
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shadow puppet of a posted:NASCAR itself brings more negativity to the ad offering than Danica can offset with looks and name recognition. Yep, Godaddy is leaving the trainwreck that is NASCAR, they are not leaving Danica.
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Harveygod posted:This has me thinking: What have been some bad pacecars in NASCAR? Paul Blart led a K&N field on a Segway at Irwindale once so there's really not a debate here.
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gently caress it, fire Danica for the next driver with a sponsor that comes along. I, for one, look forward to the #10 Allegiant Air Chevrolet.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:gently caress it, fire Danica for the next driver with a sponsor that comes along. Clicking on the #10 icon on the NASCAR.com store to buy a hat would just direct us to a picture of a middle finger.
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Harveygod posted:This has me thinking: What have been some bad pacecars in NASCAR? The Tumbler owned during that race. Best pace car (well, except it was a parade car but still it ruled seeing the Batmobile take a lap) ColonelJohnMatrix fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Bingo's open for Talladega. Please note the narrow window for signups, which closes Friday at 11:59 PM CDT. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3701539
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https://www.change.org/p/ims-indian...ogle-custom_msg This has to be a parody, right? No one can be this...what's the word...I'm looking for. Jesus christ IndyCar fans....Even I think you guys look like morons for this
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Dear Joe Gibbs Racing: You just don't learn, do you?
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Eh, it's only temporary and then it goes back to being Kyle. It's not the same as giving the ride to Joey Also they gave a ride to a really green Denny Hamlin and that worked out pretty well.
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I actually assumed you were referring to J.J. Yeley. That guy was awful. Like, sub-ARCA awful.
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Jason Leffler was worse, Until he died I could of sworn him and Yeley were the same person.
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The Sporting News says signs point to Jeff Gordon in the booth for Sprint Cup races next season. Question is "Which network?", but seeing as he's already moonlighting with FOX for some NXS races... http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/...dcast-announcer
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The most important news this week: https://twitter.com/NickSportsTV/status/593905463055523840
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NASCARcasm has fun with Photoshop: http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/gallery/2015/4/30/nascarcasm-xfinity-series-drivers-breakout-role-sprint-cup.html#truex-dale kidcoelacanth posted:The most important news this week: Michael McDowell, Casey Mears, and Brett Moffitt are going to be so confused when they get some sort of payment for diecast sales.
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VikingSkull posted:holy gently caress was he bad in the Outlaws
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Boomer The Cannon posted:Dear Joe Gibbs Racing: Jones is coming in with completely different expectations than Logano, and it's only a fill-in gig. Even if he doesn't set the world on fire he'll be fine.
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CBJSprague24 posted:NASCARcasm has fun with Photoshop: holy loving lol Boomer The Cannon posted:which one, or yes to both? Leffler
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Regarding Danica; is it possible that Stewart simply pulls the plug? Stewart was never a proponent for going to a four car team, I remember him saying that he felt like it would spread the organization too thin. Ironically, in that time, Harvick has been great, but Busch, and especially Stewart, have struggled. With big sponsors drying up and the sport costing more than ever, could it make financial and strategic sense to cut bait with Patrick? The GoDaddy money hasn't made the organization stronger (as a whole) it seems, and she herself is not setting the world on fire. It would be one thing if she was beginning to show real strides, but it seems like she's just beginning to learn how to be an average driver...not exactly high praise. I think Stewart could easily argue that it makes sense to consolidate the 14 and the 10 into one team, securing the 10s smaller sponsors, and redistributing that money among the three teams. There just doesn't seem to be enough resources (people and money wise) to go around to all four teams. Danica is a tricky driver. She brings in big sponsorships (a good thing) for a team, but doesn't get any results (a real bad thing). Eventually, like any athlete, you need to have results or else your brand will take a hit. Danica may have great name recognition, but how many times does she have to finish 15th-25th before a sponsor begins to question the $30 million price tag? While she'll find another ride if she doesn't stay at Stewart/Haas, I doubt she'll get a better ride. If her best performance in top of the line equipment is an occasional top 10 then what will she do a MWR, or RCR, or Ganassi, or Roush? I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they discuss the return on investment with her. It could be positive, it could be negative, but trying to find the line will be tough. I don't have anything against Danica, it would be intriguing as hell to see her win. But a lot of money is wrapped up in her and she has shown very little for it. If she were half as popular and half as expensive she would be a forgotten mid-tier driver. A top 15 would be a good day for her team as they fought to establish themselves. But because it's DANICA the expectations go through the roof and she simply can't deliver.
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CBJSprague24 posted:NASCARcasm has fun with Photoshop: The Top Gun one is unbelievably perfect. quote:Michael McDowell, Casey Mears, and Brett Moffitt are going to be so confused when they get some sort of payment for diecast sales. I was just gonna say, that's the most eclectic group I've seen for a special paint scheme promo since those "Operation Desert Support" cars they did in 1991 and again in 2000. Check out the '91 group - five single-car teams, including three owner-drivers (Marcis, Baker, Kulwicki)! 
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VikingSkull posted:holy loving lol  I mean, god drat.
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SpitztheGreat posted:Regarding Danica; is it possible that Stewart simply pulls the plug? Stewart was never a proponent for going to a four car team, I remember him saying that he felt like it would spread the organization too thin. Ironically, in that time, Harvick has been great, but Busch, and especially Stewart, have struggled. With big sponsors drying up and the sport costing more than ever, could it make financial and strategic sense to cut bait with Patrick? The GoDaddy money hasn't made the organization stronger (as a whole) it seems, and she herself is not setting the world on fire. It would be one thing if she was beginning to show real strides, but it seems like she's just beginning to learn how to be an average driver...not exactly high praise. I think Stewart could easily argue that it makes sense to consolidate the 14 and the 10 into one team, securing the 10s smaller sponsors, and redistributing that money among the three teams. There just doesn't seem to be enough resources (people and money wise) to go around to all four teams. Danica is 14 spots higher than Stewart in the points right now.
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Muddy Burphy posted:Danica is 14 spots higher than Stewart in the points right now. This is a fact that depresses me.
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SpitztheGreat posted:Regarding Danica; is it possible that Stewart simply pulls the plug? Stewart was never a proponent for going to a four car team, I remember him saying that he felt like it would spread the organization too thin. Ironically, in that time, Harvick has been great, but Busch, and especially Stewart, have struggled. With big sponsors drying up and the sport costing more than ever, could it make financial and strategic sense to cut bait with Patrick? The GoDaddy money hasn't made the organization stronger (as a whole) it seems, and she herself is not setting the world on fire. It would be one thing if she was beginning to show real strides, but it seems like she's just beginning to learn how to be an average driver...not exactly high praise. I think Stewart could easily argue that it makes sense to consolidate the 14 and the 10 into one team, securing the 10s smaller sponsors, and redistributing that money among the three teams. There just doesn't seem to be enough resources (people and money wise) to go around to all four teams. This is going to be intriguing as hell to watch play out. Keep in mind, though, SHR expanded to four cars because Gene Haas wanted Kurt Busch badly enough and was willing to pay out of pocket to make it happen. Harvick has been arguably the best driver in the sport, Busch is improving quickly, while Danica has gone from "Bad" to "Mediocre" and Smoke is struggling massively. I'm sure she'll be able to find sponsors who want to associate with "the brand", but I don't know if there's anybody who will pony up $20M for a full season ever again (which reflects as much on NASCAR as it does her). I know I poo poo on her for almost treating "my brand" as a sentient being she wants to nurture like a child, but she does seem to be incredibly business savvy and intelligent in general. I'd imagine she's about to be introduced to "how the rest of the world lives" in NASCAR- that is, piecemeal, partial-season sponsorships. And that itself is interesting- is there enough brand power in "Danica Patrick" to justify spending money on a mid-pack driver if she continues to perform like she has? I think it's possible, especially since she's one of several examples of "sponsoring someone for who they are as opposed to how they run". America hasn't been introduced to the possibility of Johanna Long as the alternative for "female driver in the top levels of NASCAR", and there's probably still some value in that in Danica's corner. If she's ever going to win, it's probably going to be on a plate track, but even then she hasn't set the world on fire on those tracks lately. Looking at the sponsors who fill primary roles on SHR cars, I don't see anybody not accounted for on another car who might be willing to pony up big money for The Danica Patrick Experience (unless Smoke sacrifices a couple from his car or something): -Bass Pro Shops- Stewart's primary. -Mobil 1- Stewart's secondary, but it could be possible. -Bud- Harvick's show -Jimmy John's- Harvick's other sponsor -Haas Automation- The reason Kurt Busch is at SHR -Rush Truck Centers- several races a year on the 14 -Code 3 Associates- several races a year on the 14 -Aspen Dental- handful with Danica -Outback- several races on the 4 -State Water Heaters- handful with Kurt -Hunt Brothers Pizza- they're on the 4, aren't they? -Ditech- Harvick -TaxAct- Couple races with Danica Here's the full list: http://stewarthaasracing.com/partners/ CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:06 on May 1, 2015 |
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