Obama in talks to sponsor NASCAR team
Filed under: Motorsports, Government/Legal, Marketing/Advertising, Toyota
In an odd yet intriguing bid to woo potential NASCAR-loving voters in Pennsylvania — a key battleground state for hopeful presidential candidates — Barack Obama is currently in talks regarding a possible sponsorship of a NASCAR team. BAM Racing’s car number 49 is the vehicle in question, and individual donors to Obama’s campaign could get a shot at seeing their very own name plastered on the side of the race car for as little as a $100 contribution. Such a deal! In a move sure to anger some traditional American loyalists, the car, to be driven by Ken Schrader, is a Toyota. We wouldn’t expect too many fireworks from the car, though, as the BAM Racing team has only finished in the top ten a total of six times despite starting some 167 races since 2002.
[Source: AFP via Google News]
