My buddy has a Dale Jr limited edition Monte Carlo and he is now thinking of just storing it and buy something else to drive. Hopefully they come out with a Mt Dew Impala !!!!
Just order a hat hope it gets here before the 500 next year .lol

FYI : 200,000 sounds like a lot of shirts in one day @ $20 a shirt but when Beckham’s $75 LA galaxy jersey went on sale they sold almost 500,000 in one day.

Beckham has played 3 games and scored one goal….that is an overrated player.

FYI : 200,000 sounds like a lot of shirts in one day @ $20 a shirt but when Beckham’s $75 LA galaxy jersey went on sale they sold almost 500,000 in one day.

Thanks Kenneth for the Registering feature! It’s going to help!

I agree, Thanks Kenneth!

Since when?

Can’t you just see TEI stabbing that Jr voodoo doll?

That is how TEI was blowing JR’s motors they had a VOODOO car and at just the right time they would stab the motor. (Just trying to through another wrinkle in that conspiricy theary LOL)

But seriously, I checked a few places out and they were saying 6 - 8 Weeks so that would pretty much put it at the end of the season. I will not were MY new stuff till after the season though out of respect for the JR., Budweiser, #8 legendary combo.

I doubt Rick even had to worry about making sure it was good with NASCAR… If they announced it, and all parties agreed to it, then NASCAR vetoed it, there would be a riot! NASCAR might be stupid, but I doubt they’ll be that stupid.

Robert probably did know it would go on sale right away, which is why I wondered with him technically holding the rights to currently market the #88 if he would want some kind of kickback for them selling merchandise with his car number on it right now, instead of waiting until it was their number. Then again, I agree that this seems to be a goodwill gesture on the part of Robert, so maybe he’s just glad to do what he can to help carry on a family legacy.

It’s just funny because I don’t remember hearing a driver announce a change like this and then seeing stuff on sale immediately. As a matter of fact, a quick glance didn’t turn up any Kyle Busch #18 gear on the NASCAR.com Superstore.

Jeff,
I agree with your post. As far as KB is concerned, I don’t think he has built a big fan base yet. I bet you will see him work harder on that next year as well as giving more credit to his sposers and team.

Jeff wrote:

If nothing else it would be interesting to see the effect this has on the #8 merchandise for the remainder of the year.

Also, I wonder how it works that they’re selling #88 merchandise, but until the last race the #88 is technically still a RYR number? And even then, RYR is releasing it and NASCAR has to assign it to Jr before it’s his number… It’s really THEIR number until they give it to him (mostly a formality there, I guess). Is RYR getting a cut of the sales or something?

I’m sure rick Hendrick is smart enough to make sure NASCAR will let them use the 88 next year before he unvailed the cars yesterday.

I’m also sure that Robert yates new that the Jr. merchandice would go on sale as soon as the anouncement was made.

I would also doubt that RYR is getting a cut of the $ sence Jr. wouldnt Do that with TEI to get the #8.

It looks to me like RYR did it as a respectfull good will gesture.

Very well said!

Robert probably did know it would go on sale right away, which is why I wondered with him technically holding the rights to currently market the #88 if he would want some kind of kickback for them selling merchandise with his car number on it right now, instead of waiting until it was their number. Then again, I agree that this seems to be a goodwill gesture on the part of Robert, so maybe he’s just glad to do what he can to help carry on a family legacy.

It’s just funny because I don’t remember hearing a driver announce a change like this and then seeing stuff on sale immediately. As a matter of fact, a quick glance didn’t turn up any Kyle Busch #18 gear on the NASCAR.com Superstore.

If nothing else it would be interesting to see the effect this has on the #8 merchandise for the remainder of the year.

Also, I wonder how it works that they’re selling #88 merchandise, but until the last race the #88 is technically still a RYR number? And even then, RYR is releasing it and NASCAR has to assign it to Jr before it’s his number… It’s really THEIR number until they give it to him (mostly a formality there, I guess). Is RYR getting a cut of the sales or something?

I’m sure rick Hendrick is smart enough to make sure NASCAR will let them use the 88 next year before he unvailed the cars yesterday.

I’m also sure that Robert yates new that the Jr. merchandice would go on sale as soon as the anouncement was made.

I would also doubt that RYR is getting a cut of the $ sence Jr. wouldnt Do that with TEI to get the #8. It looks to me like RYR did it as a respectfull good will gesture.