USPS Replacement Sponsorship

[Ronde Champ]

Hey,

USPS Replacement Sponsorship. NASCAR. It has been
confirmed. 9-25-04.

Thanks, Ronde Champ

[Psycholist]

"Ronde Champ" <rondechamp@aol.com> wrote in message
news:152f6cbe.0405210259.5bdef790@posting.google.com...
> Hey,
>
> USPS Replacement Sponsorship. NASCAR. It has been
> confirmed. 9-25-04.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Champ

I had a special jersey made up with a Dale Earnhart "3" on
it so I could survive training on the rural roads down here
in the deep south. (Nobody would dare do anything to anyone
wearing Dale's revered number.)

Little did I know ...

Bob C.

[Boyd Speerschne]

rondechamp@aol.com (Ronde Champ) wrote in news:152f6cbe.0405210259.5bdef790
@posting.google.com:

> Hey,
>
> USPS Replacement Sponsorship. NASCAR. It has been
> confirmed. 9-25-04.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Champ

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[Faster Bordello]

>> USPS Replacement Sponsorship.

Robin Williams.... com'on think about it. It could work. :)

[Dick Durbin]

"psycholist" <technico@wctel.net> wrote in message news:<c8l0e4$u54$1@news3.infoave.net>...
>
> I had a special jersey made up with a Dale Earnhart "3" on
> it so I could survive training on the rural roads down
> here in the deep south. (Nobody would dare do anything to
> anyone wearing Dale's revered number.)

At least you didn't put "24" on it. You would have really
been a target. For those of you outside of NASCAR country,
just ask any ol' red neckeddy boy. He'll 'splain it to you.

**** "boogety, boogety, boogety" Durbin Tallahassee

[Richard Adams]

TritonRider wrote:
>>From: ddurbin@tfn.net (**** Durbin)
>
>
>>At least you didn't put "24" on it. You would have really
>>been a target. For those of you outside of NASCAR
>>country, just ask any ol' red neckeddy boy. He'll 'splain
>>it to you.
>>
>>**** "boogety, boogety, boogety" Durbin Tallahassee
>>
>
>
> There is nothing!! wrong with running over whiny, pansy
> ass, crybaby, #24, or purty boy's supporters. Haven't
> found a good AJ Foyt sticker to put on my '72 F-250
> yet. Bill C

There's some AJ's gas pumps showing up in Central
California. I kinda wonder if that's Foyt. Mario Andretti
has a pump not far from here, too.

[Benjamin Weiner]

TritonRider <tritonrider@aol.com> wrote:
> >From: ddurbin@tfn.net (**** Durbin)

> >At least you didn't put "24" on it. You would have really
> >been a target. For those of you outside of NASCAR
> >country, just ask any ol' red neckeddy boy. He'll 'splain
> >it to you.

> There is nothing!! wrong with running over whiny, pansy
> ass, crybaby, #24, or purty boy's supporters. Haven't
> found a good AJ Foyt sticker to put on my '72 F-250 yet.

NASCAR has done a great job setting up a little soap opera
- the polar opposition of "soft" #24 (you bet he lives in a
subdivision and drives a minivan on off days, right?)
versus the hard-nosed redneck old school, now represented
by Junior, I guess. It's almost like pro wrestling, where
they have the guy who wins a lot but everyone loves to
hate. Or like the Yankees, or Cowboys (when they were
good). If they didn't win so much you couldn't hate them.
The soap opera keeps the fans interested, so that every
time somebody bitches about #24 it's money in Bill and
Brian France's pockets.

About the closest equivalent in cycling is LANCE or Cipo-
hating, but it seems not quite as deeply heartfelt. (J-M
Leblanc loves LANCE because he stirred things up. I hope now
that the French press likes LANCE after last year, that his
usefulness to Leblanc is not at an end.)

[Dave H]

"Benjamin Weiner" <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote in message
news:40ae871f$1@darkstar...

> NASCAR has done a great job setting up a little soap opera
> - the polar opposition of "soft" #24 (you bet he lives in
> a subdivision and drives a minivan on off days, right?)
> versus the hard-nosed redneck old school, now represented
> by Junior, I guess. It's almost like pro wrestling, where
> they have the guy who wins a lot but everyone loves to
> hate. Or like the Yankees, or Cowboys (when they were
> good). If they didn't win so much you couldn't hate them.
> The soap opera keeps the fans interested, so that every
> time somebody bitches about #24 it's money in Bill and
> Brian France's pockets.

How little you really know about NASCAR, Gordon is still
one of the most respected drivers in NASCAR, and he and
Junior are quite good friends, that friendship grew out of
the respect that Gordon had for Juniors father, And no
Gordon doesn't live in a subdivision, and typically gets
to and from races in his own jet. NASCARS' soap opera is
Tony Stewart

Dave

[Carl Sundquist]

"Dave H" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:wRwrc.557$wO4.186@twister.socal.rr.com...
>
> "Benjamin Weiner" <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote in message
> news:40ae871f$1@darkstar...
>
> > NASCAR has done a great job setting up a little soap
> > opera - the polar opposition of "soft" #24 (you bet he
> > lives in a subdivision and drives a minivan on off days,
> > right?) versus the hard-nosed redneck old school, now
> > represented by Junior, I guess. It's almost like pro
> > wrestling, where they have the guy who wins a lot but
> > everyone loves to hate. Or like the Yankees, or Cowboys
> > (when they were good). If they didn't win so much you
> > couldn't hate them. The soap opera keeps the fans
> > interested, so that every time somebody bitches about
> > #24 it's money in Bill and Brian France's pockets.
>
> How little you really know about NASCAR, Gordon is still
> one of the most respected drivers in NASCAR, and he and
> Junior are quite good friends,
that
> friendship grew out of the respect that Gordon had for
> Juniors father, And no Gordon doesn't live in a
> subdivision, and typically gets to and from races in his
> own jet. NASCARS' soap opera is Tony Stewart
>
> Dave
>

Maybe it's because Gordon and that whiney-ass Montoya traded
seats for an afternoon last June in Indianapolis and the
NASCAR set can't stand the champagne set.

[Benjamin Weiner]

Dave H <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote:

> "Benjamin Weiner" <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote in message
> news:40ae871f$1@darkstar...

> > NASCAR has done a great job setting up a little soap
> > opera - the polar opposition of "soft" #24 (you bet he
> > lives in a subdivision and drives a minivan on off days,
> > right?) versus the hard-nosed redneck old school, now
> > represented by Junior, I guess. It's almost like pro
> > wrestling, where they have the guy who wins a lot but
> > everyone loves to hate. Or like the Yankees, or Cowboys
> > (when they were good). If they didn't win so much you
> > couldn't hate them. The soap opera keeps the fans
> > interested, so that every time somebody bitches about
> > #24 it's money in Bill and Brian France's pockets.

> How little you really know about NASCAR, Gordon is still
> one of the most respected drivers in NASCAR, and he and
> Junior are quite good friends, that friendship grew out of
> the respect that Gordon had for Juniors father, And no
> Gordon doesn't live in a subdivision, and typically gets
> to and from races in his own jet. NASCARS' soap opera is
> Tony Stewart

Dave,

You and I agree (not that I know a lot about NASCAR).
_Perceieved_ rivalries and soap operas are convenient for
NASCAR because they whip up fan interest - look at how
emotionally Bill responds. The soap opera doesn't have to
have correspond with the drivers and insiders' true
relationships - the soap is in how announcers, blowhard
sports columnists, and devoted fans create a opposition
between say, Junior and Gordon, even if the guys are
actually friendly. I said "_you_ bet he lives in a
subdivision and drives a minivan" to attribute the opinion
to anti-Gordon minivan-despising fans, not myself (anybody
who makes that much money isn't gonna live in a
subdivision). Cycling doesn't have any correspondingly
emotional star-fan identifications, except maybe LANCE-
loving and LANCE-hating, and the more rabid tifosi in Italy
and Belgium.

Okay, that's enough out of me about cars, I prefer bicycles.