Re: Great radio broacast line
"Hornish again. Late race crash. Screws up the Race. I told you so"
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On Jul 7, 11:11?am, "RickyBobby" <nasca...@cox,net > wrote:
> During the radio ?broadcast of the Coke Zero 400 one of the broadcasters
> came up with a great line. ?I cannot quote it exactly but he said that the
> fans at Daytona were not using their seats any longer when Dale Earnhardt,
> Jr. was in the lead because they were standing up. But when it got to be
> two
> or three wide for the lead the fans were using their seats again because
> they were standing on them. ?That is a great observation and a great line.
>
> NASCAR was formed in 1948 to promote a sport that the average fan could
> enjoy. ?And they failed. ?The average fan does not wear their heart on
> their
> sleeve. ?The average fan does not wait months for seats that they never
> sit
> in. ?The average fan cannot be moved to tears by just a number. The
> average
> fan tailgates for three hours, ?the NASCAR fan tailgates for three days.
>
> As long as there are fans like these the corporate billions will keep on
> flowing in to keep the race cars running. ?I am pretty dumb and stupid
> about
> a lot of things but I feel confident in this. ?When the suits of clothes
> on
> Wall Street or Madison Avenue see a Daytona or a Bristol or an
> Indianapolis
> they know that where passion goes, money soon follows.
>
> NASCAR is the sport of the Girls Club and the Boys Club and the Eagles and
> the Girl Scouts and the Elk and the Boy Scouts and the Shriners and the
> Moose and every other service organization. ?VFW, Forgeign Legion, and so
> on.
>
> NASCAR represents what is best about America. ?Some nigger singing about
> 22
> inch rims and the booty on his favorite girl is not the best of America.
> That rims and voluptuous booty singing will be long gone when NASCAR
> racing
> is still going strong and taking on all comers. Bet on it. ?There are more
> ten million dollars jets and half million dollar motor coaches at the site
> of a NASCAR race than there are in the ghetto.
The Corporations do spend a ton o money ...but I think ''' B I L
L I O N S ::
is a bit of a stretch....Unless u can document it ...:)
How much do you think the teevee contracts are for? Billions. You can look
it up. Try wikipedia.