tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898207420189925101.post7049733762654496936..comments2021-03-16T03:52:10.987-04:00Comments on Mad Mikie's Laidback Lounge: Marketing, Poor Taste & Other StuffMad Mikiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868324896107896906noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898207420189925101.post-68548993686362129442011-11-09T11:15:04.101-05:002011-11-09T11:15:04.101-05:00I didn't enjoy Martinsville. Too slow a pace w...I didn't enjoy Martinsville. Too slow a pace with all the wrecks and all the caution laps. There was almost no time for racing.<br /><br />Watching a race with no continuity is no fun.<br /><br />How many fans watch racing and don't care about the manufacturer, " favorite driver" or sponsor. These things mean little to me ( although I don't like most the top 10 favorite drivers). How many fans really don't care about this kind of sillyness?<br /><br />John McManusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898207420189925101.post-53110704279581110462011-11-08T09:08:47.016-05:002011-11-08T09:08:47.016-05:00Nice article, Mike. Personally I am not rooting f...Nice article, Mike. Personally I am not rooting for any Ford driver to take the 10 race trophy - not after the politics that went into play at Dega. Yeah, I know that the plate races always wind up with people getting hung out to dry, but at the end of the race, the drivers should be able to work with each other to get the best finish they can. Did I believe the comments from Ford and Roush about this? Not a single word. <br /><br />We were at Martinsville - by far the best race I saw all season. There was racing from beginning to end - it was fun - especially after the snoozers from the other tracks in the chase. <br /><br />Between the tracks that produce lousy racing and the TV coverage which doesn't actually cover the race, but focuses on individual cars/drivers, is it any wonder that the ratings are down.<br /><br />funny thing, wasn't the COT supposed to take the aero problem out of the racing equation? Gee that worked sooo well. <br /><br />Unless it is raining the next 2 Sundays or at least until it gets dark, I don't have a lot of reason to waste my day inside watching the races. Is the season over yet?GinaV24https://www.blogger.com/profile/10828669350024430018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898207420189925101.post-73479746318288835172011-11-08T01:10:13.792-05:002011-11-08T01:10:13.792-05:00Mike,
I would agree with you where OOPS is concer...Mike,<br /><br />I would agree with you where OOPS is concerned, if they were becoming the "Official Series" aka title sponsor. Ie Nationwide pushing Geico out of the former Busch series, or Sprint vs AT&T and Alltel in cup. As you recall, the grandfather clauses prevented the competing sponsors from moving to another team and in AT&T's case, put a time limit on their sponsorship.<br /><br />With OOPS however, we're just talking about the official delivery company. NASCAR has a zillion little official sponsors of a myriad of subcategories, including an official cookies and crackers sponsor of all things.<br /><br />For example Coke is the official non-alcoholic, soft drink, energy and sports drink of NASCAR, and yet that hasn't slowed Pepsi much. <br /><br />When it comes to official sponsors in these lower tiers, it isn't so much exclusivity, as it is seeking to limit or restrict their competitors maximum brand exposure. Ie, Sunoco getting their knickers in a twist because the Shell Penzoil logo on Harvick's Daytona 500 winning car was too big for their tastes, or the big blue powerade debacle in victory lane several years prior.<br /><br />If you are a corporation and you want a TRUE monopoly and exclusivity, you have to pony up still more cash. The old Winston Churchill line "Madam, we've already established what kind of woman you are, now we're just negotiating the price" very much applies to Brian France.Carlnoreply@blogger.com