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Coincidental too considering Lee ARNOLD Petty married into the Toomes family.
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Nashville Speedway had:
- the Joie Chitwood Show
- some guy who blew himself up with dynamite in a wooden box (as a kid, I had to shield my eyes as my heart raced about 200 BPM)
- a few lame demolition derbies - including a 'football' themed one where the cars tried to knock a VW bug across the opposite 'goal line'. Only one problem - the cars ran out of gas before either 'team' could score a touchdown
- a Uniroyal promotion with 3 stunt drivers piloting Chevelles as I recall. The 3 drivers were lamely named Uni, Roy, and Al. Pretty sure I have a promo 8x10 around here somewhere.
- a jump over 4 cars by a kid on a bicycle by Tuck Henderson. I also grew up in Donelson, a Nashville suburb. But I never knew Tuck. If I had, man oh man, I'm sure I would have idolized him and that sweet banana seat on his bike. In the Evel Knevel era, we used our bicycles to jump over ANYTHING.
- a weekly girl's and boy's bicycle giveaway - I put my name in the drawing week-after-week, year-after-year. Nothing. One night - in 1977 I think - my family took 2 sons from a neighbor's family. Wouldn't you know it? One of them won the bike on his first attempt! I was taught a valuable life lesson. Rather than be happy for my friend, I was PO'd. That was MY bike! I got the tongue lashing of a lifetime from my mother which was preferred over Daddy's belt. Today, they still goad me about that night a bit. Fortunately laughter follows vs. finger wagging or the ziiiiipppp of a belt leaving a pair of Sansabelt slacks.
Sponsors: From This To That
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Neil Bonnett - from Valvoline to CITGO?
(though CITGO's sponsorship was thinly-veiled advertising gasoline, right?)
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Yes, I think we'd have lots of multi-product/service sponsorships to add to the thread - especially in this day and age of high cost of sponsorships, big companies, diverse marketing strategies, and vinyl wraps. Last weekend's winner, Denny Hamlin, has a FedEx deal that is specifically built around different service offerings.
And certainly we've had our share of changes in sponsorships in indirectly related products such as DW (Gatorade to Mountain Dew to Bud) or Bobby Allison (Gatorade to Miller). But I'm trying to think of head-to-head types of products such as oils, batteries, beers, soft drinks, financial services, cereals, etc.
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Dave Fulton's forum post about Dale Jr's mention of Schlitz got me to wondering about how many drivers and/or teams we can remember who switched from a product to a competing one as a sponsor. I'm sure its happened a good bit so hopefully plenty of replies will follow.
Here is a primer:
- Bill Elliott - from Coors to Budweiser
- Ken Schrader - from Kodiak to Skoal
- Richard Petty / Petty Enterprises - Pepsi to Coke (though I have my doubts if the King ever actually took up swigging a Coke product)
- Kyle Busch - from NOS energy drink to Monster
- Junior Johnson - Holly Farms Chicken to KFC (too much of a stretch?)
What other drivers and sponsors can you think of?
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
No Loyalty to Old Sponsors for Dale's Son
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Hey, how did you by-pass the age verification portion of this site?
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That's a good call BB. For all we know, he may have Laughing Clown malt liquor on tap.
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And maybe legendary Nashville songwriter Don Schlitz could pen a beer-themed song for Dale Jr's fantasy football league. He certainly can spin 'em with hits such as The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, Stand a Little Rain by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and 40 Hour Week by Alabama, On The Other Hand by Randy Travis.
Maybe The Wrangler?, 40 More Losses?, Stand A Little Losing? or On To Another Crew Chief? OK, OK, I get it - I'll stop piling on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz
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DOH! You are correct. Got trigger happy trying to be a thread-hog again. haha
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And because Jr has experience with racing a red car in his Bud days, maybe he can tie the past of his A-B sponsorship with future Schlitz funding by replicating Rick Baldwin's Schlitz scheme from his Buddy Arrington-owned Mopar.
The use of the 04 number could be a nice touch for Jr as well - as in "Well, Dale Jr is o'fer victories again this season folks." haha
Source: J.C. Hayes