Barack Obama may sponsor No 49 BAM Cup car at Pocono-UPDATE
Quote selected text Published July 12th, 2008 in NASCAR News
UPDATE:
NASCAR’s BAM Racing team has presented Barack Obama’s presidential campaign with a potential sponsorship deal in the Sprint Cup series later this year, but it doesn’t look like an Obama car will be burning rubber on the track anytime soon.
BAM team spokesman Rhett Vandiver told The Associated Press on Friday that the team made a sponsorship proposal to the Democratic presidential hopeful’s campaign, and has made similar proposals to the campaign of Republican John McCain and at least one third-party candidate. Late Friday, the Obama campaign said there would be no sponsorship.
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SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in NASCAR’s premier series. According to sources, Barack Obama’s campaign is in talks to become the primary sponsor of BAM Racing’s No. 49 Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on August 3. Details of the agreement are expected to be worked out over the coming days.
A BAM spokesperson has revealed the team will hold a press conference July 23 in Miami to reveal the partnership, currently a proposed one-race deal with an option to continue. Obama will be at the briefing, which will be tied to the “Get Out The Vote” campaign message he spread throughout the 2008 primary season.
Racing sources claim one of the options being considered would allow individual campaign donors to get their name on the race car for as little as $100. Obama will also be present for a second private fundraiser on July 30 in Miami, in which team owners Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau — staunch Republicans — will give the Democrat an opportunity to spread his message of change. Randy Moss and Fergie are among the celebrities confirmed to be a part of that fundraiser in support of the candidate and his venture into NASCAR.
According to sources within the sport, the Association for Diversity in Motorsports (AFDIM) was an integral part of bringing the two camps together. Founded in ‘01, the organization works to heighten awareness of diversity in all forms of motorsports. They hope to tie their efforts in with a “Driving The Vote: Bridging The Gap” campaign to increase voter registration regardless of party affiliation.
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so…….. who is going to get more cans tossed at them the 18 or 49?
Good Grief
given the Mauricia Grant lawsuit and nascar’s image issues in that regard todd, I’m guessing they’ll be working overtime to warn beforehand and eject anyone tossing cans at #49.
Didn’t Hermie Saddler or Ward Burton do something like this a year or two ago and the team and candidate got in trouble because it violated some sort of Campaigning rule.
Obama thinks he will get more votes if he sponsors #49.People come to see the race they do not care who put up the money for it.
Why should anyone want to throw cans at #49
or #18?Only stupid people do things like that.
I do not like Obama but I wouldn’t throw things at him.And #18 is right there on top.Who cares if you do not like him? I SURE DON’T
ok I did a little researching and it was not Hermie or Ward that had a car sponsored it was Kirk Shelmedine in 2004, he had Bush/Cheney on the QP’s
I get to much politics on TV ,I don’t need it in NASCAR to,but the money brings one more car to the track,nothing wrong with that….
WOW
i think McAIN should go sponsor the MISS BLACK AMERICA or maybe the BET channel and see what kind of response that gets. I think fans would be more impressed if he was to actually come to race talk to fans and seem interested rather than throwing his face on a crappy car that might not even qualify for the race
Great point Rowdy Schrub.lol
Even if he showed up,doubt anyone would listen.
I can see the interview now, with whatever driver of this car that doesn’t make the race….”Well, the Barack Obama Toyota just wouldn’t do what we wanted today and we couldn’t get in the show, so were loading up and going home.” Sad thing is, depending on how the graphics on the car turn out, some people might think its Alfred E Newman from one of the Evernham Mad Magazine sponsorships from a few years ago….
dkcrasher wrote:
yea like there’s no politics in Nascar..
Two different things,a$$hole,presidential politics have no place in racing,or maybe they do,I get enough,people don’t want unrealated sh!t to delute their entertainment,excuse me “I” don’t want unrealated sh!t to be in NASCAR,I understand it’s a great place to get their message out,doesn’t mean I have to like it,Yes theres plenty of politics in NASCAR,Andrew,I meant I get enough of one ,don’t need the other,try reading between the lines.
who cares , its putting money into a team and getting Kenny back on the track.
I want Jesse Jackson on the 08 car if that’s the way they want to play!
No.
Who drives the #49 ???????
Mel wrote:
well Kenny Schrader of coarse
Jayski says this is a no-go.
dkcrasher wrote:
well obama or mcain are crucial to solving economic problems that are shutting down NASCAR teams so maybe the interest in NASCAR isn’t so out of place as you seem to think.
and I don’t appreciate your childish measures to describe me.
Cheers
Sorry, Andrew,It was wrong of me to say that.
I heard Obama needed a co-signer and that’s why it fell through. Rumor has that that Obama could never be circumcised because there’s no end to that preek. Not sure about Jesse and the nut cutting.
Barack Obama sucks anybody listen to him sucks
dkcrasher wrote:
I respect you for that because you are one of few on here who will actually admit it and move on instead of arguing till there death, or when the thread gets deleted
I am a independent, but NASCAR’s are moving bill boards and I think it is pretty ingenious to sponsor a NASCAR team, with 100,000+ at the races
and even more watching it makes good sense!
Didn’t Kinky try this before?