S** Sells

[voltdr]

Sponsors do not necessarily revolve around winning race. It's all about exposure for the sponsor. Kenny Bernstein once said about his Budweiser King FC, I may or may not win the race but the fans and sponsors will definitely will remember that we were here. It all about presence. jmho
Dan Foley
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[1320racer]

She’s also not the first class racer to bring sex and pornography as a sponsor.

[Jon Sarrett]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

She?s also not the first class racer to bring sex and pornography as a sponsor.

Paul Cambria comes immediately to mind. Had Hustler Magazine in pink on the quarter of his wife's black COPO. Didn't he represent Flynt at one point?

[1320racer]

Not who I was thinking of

[Lenny5160_v2]

Bo Kenney

[1320racer]

Yep, SexZ porn productions. Rumor was he quit because NHRA told him to remove it.

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

Yep, SexZ porn productions. Rumor was he quit because NHRA told him to remove it.

The Bo deal? He ran some of the Ihra Top Stock and also NHRA GT SS class's. He had Porn studios. They made the actual films, totally legal, He and his wife owned it. In the Carolinas I think. Joey Wilkes brought him to a lunch while at one of the races. As we were being introduced...and he heard my name... he perked up. NICE,Wanger? Thats your name? Really? Can we use it? It might come in useful. We both laughed and that's the last I ever talked to him. I remember NHRA not liking it, a lot of talk in the pits on wondering if NHRA was going to put their foot down. He knew they did not like it. Didn't take very long and his Cavalier ? was called for a random teardown and they found something wrong with his crankshaft. I can't remember exactly what it was. They threw him out for a year with a hefty fine, and shorty later he sold everything.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by voltdr

Sponsors do not necessarily revolve around winning race. It's all about exposure for the sponsor. Kenny Bernstein once said about his Budweiser King FC, I may or may not win the race but the fans and sponsors will definitely will remember that we were here. It all about presence. jmho
Dan Foley
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No, you're absolutely right. I just felt like saying the quiet part out loud and used Summer as an example. She isn't the first and won't be the last. However, in this case, I found her means of rising to the top particularly less palatable.

[jmcarter]

Pleasure is a powerful stimulant that can easily lead to it being a vice which can lead to addiction. The sponsor in question is just another gateway to loss of balance in life. It?s anti-family and particularly exploits women and young girls into convincing them (in many cases unwillingly) that they have an ?advantage? in using their ?assets? and it will equate to success or perhaps wealth however fleeting that may be. Ones that think any such advantage is fairly seized or that it?s victimless might think differently if their daughter or granddaughter went down that path. NHRA is now promoting gambling, just another victimless vice so doubt they have qualms about such sponsorship. One of the things I enjoy about racing is the shared relationships, and we are lifted up when others lend a hand or encourage us. This is not about any of that, it?s selfish pursuit of pleasure/success regardless of cost or those that are victimized in the process. In racer speak it?s the moral equivalent of a matty box. Off the soap box….

[1320racer]

That’s deep but I say there are no victims only willing participants. OF isn’t exploiting anyone that didn’t chose to be for $, a lot of $ for some.