Comments on: Obama to Sponsor a Car at Pocono? No… http://rubbingsracing.com/rubbingsracingWP/2008/07/12/obama-to-sponsor-a-car-at-pocono-no/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DJ http://rubbingsracing.com/rubbingsracingWP/2008/07/12/obama-to-sponsor-a-car-at-pocono-no/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 DJ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:30:23 +0000 http://rubbingsracing.com/rubbingsracingWP/?p=218#comment-1282 Ok, now is this NASCAR being "fan friendly" by not having any political conflicts at its tracks or ISC specifically? I have been to several races over the past where there was one politician or another, especially presidential candidates, that were touted out as grand marshals or special guests. I was even there for the 200th win of Richard Petty in Daytona in 1984 when Ronald Reagan was attendance. I have pictures somewhere of Air Force One taking off from the tarmac at the Daytona airport behind the backstretch! Now apparently, Brian France was shown as recently as January of this year touting Rudy Giuliani to the extent of his maximum monetary donation allowance. For the Daytona 500, Giuliani was driving around the track in a bus which had a big sign stating that "Florida is Rudy country." I guess now that Rudy's gone, all bets are off so Brian can go pout in a corner, take his tracks and go home. Ok, now is this NASCAR being “fan friendly” by not having any political conflicts at its tracks or ISC specifically? I have been to several races over the past where there was one politician or another, especially presidential candidates, that were touted out as grand marshals or special guests. I was even there for the 200th win of Richard Petty in Daytona in 1984 when Ronald Reagan was attendance. I have pictures somewhere of Air Force One taking off from the tarmac at the Daytona airport behind the backstretch!

Now apparently, Brian France was shown as recently as January of this year touting Rudy Giuliani to the extent of his maximum monetary donation allowance. For the Daytona 500, Giuliani was driving around the track in a bus which had a big sign stating that “Florida is Rudy country.”

I guess now that Rudy’s gone, all bets are off so Brian can go pout in a corner, take his tracks and go home.

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