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Originally Posted by Mark74ta
no but got know him through some people in Daytona. He was a very out spoken person and did alot of development for the auto industries. Brian France in my opion has screwed the sport up. They have priced the tickets out of site and the sponsorship money is crazy. Noted on the news the other day that the government may quit sponsoring do to expense and return?
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From 2011 the momentum is continuing to build to remove USA Military sponsorship of Racing. Agree, I too viewed a renewed focus on the topic last week, again, news highlighted $100 million spent on NASCAR sponsorship with no decernable return. Focus seems to continue on Jr and National Guard:
Congresswoman wants to end military's NASCAR sponsorships
"A member of Congress wants to end the military's sponsorship of NASCAR race teams, saying it's a waste of taxpayers' money.
Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, (Oh the irony, eh Champ? 
) is offering an amendment to the 2011 House budget bill to ban the sponsorships, which her office said has cost the military $100 million over the past 10 years, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
The National Guard sponsors Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team, the Army sponsors Ryan Newman, and the Air Force sponsors AJ Allmendinger, according to HamptonRoads.com.
"I would challenge the Pentagon to give me one example of someone today in Iraq or Afghanistan who saw the Go Army car going around the racetrack and that's why they joined the Army," Bill Harper, McCollum's chief of staff, told HamptonRoads.com. "It may be the reason why they go to Home Depot but not necessarily Afghanistan."
McCollum is in her sixth term and serves on the House Appropriations and Budget committees.
"NASCAR fans are the kind of people who fight America's wars, which would put into question the wisdom of banning the military's ability to reach out to them," NASCAR spokesman Randy Poston said in the HamptonRoads report.
More than 400 amendments to the budget bill have been offered. To become part of the law, they must survive subcommittee and committee votes as well as passage by the full House and Senate, followed by the president's signature.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/16...-sponsorships/"
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To be fair, I've wondered how much longer it will be before ARMY removes NHRA Schumacher sponsorship as it did with Stewart-Haas in 2012.
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-med...ship-ends.html