Ron Paul Racing Lands a Car!

[Time for Change]

don't underestimate the intellect of the nascar fan.
The days of Bubba Racing are long gone.

There are PLENTY of thinkers interested in the sport.
Viewership numbers that come close to NFL football...cant all be ignorant people.

Additionally, if the car can run the front for a while, right next to Dale Jr, Tony Stewart, Burton, Harvick, etc will get the name shown all over TV nationally.

It is a good idea...for sure

 

[heath.whiteaker]

Witness the Ron Paul Boxer event that did fall through, which is a likely scenerio. The people DID get their money back that had already donated.

i made it plainly obvious that everyone would get their money back if anything happened. I just wish it would have worked out. I feel the same way about this. This guy has 33 posts or did last night. He hasn't shown an agreement yet or anything. I at least made contact with the admin of this site and had Roy Jones organization contact chip in.....

 

[Paul.Bearer.of.Injustice]

I hope this works out.

The 28 car is no slouch and Robert Yates Racing is a premier team.

 

[Signzit]

<Blimp> for #28 come on!

 

[sgrooms]

bump

 

[ToryNotion]

The TV audience for the Daytona 500 will be huge and there are a lot of other televised events leading up to the race that would run this story. Practice seasons, qualifying, the twin qualifying races, SpeedTV becomes NASCARTV and has nearly 24/7 coverage. My guess is that the media will report the story and report it neutrally since the reporting will be in the context of a sports event. I understand that many NASCAR fans are 'support the troops' and 'victory at whatever costs' true believers but being on this telecast and the supporting telecasts will get the Dr Pauls name in front of many, many millions. NASCAR is the 2nd most viewed sport in America and this is NASCARs equivalent of the Super Bowl. The Daytona 500 is the one race most people watch if they only watch one stock car race.

 

[ToryNotion]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_500

The Daytona 500 is regarded by many as the most important and prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar, carrying by far the largest purse. Championship points awarded are equal to that of any other Sprint Cup race. It is also NASCAR's first race of the year; this phenomenon is virtually unique in sports, which tend to have championships or other major events at the end of the season rather than the start. Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indianapolis 500. The 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million viewers.[1]

The event serves as the final event of Speedweeks and is known as "The Great American Race" and the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing." It is held the third or second Sunday in February, and since 1971, has been loosely associated with Presidents Day weekend.

 

[ToryNotion]

NASCAR, Sprint and Fox Sports will have their hype machines running in top gear for this year race....

The 2008 Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing marks the 50th running of "The Great American Race", and is scheduled to be run on Sunday, February 17, 2008, celebrating the Golden Anniversary of the first race run in 1959, won by Lee Petty. The Harley J. Earl Trophy, which goes to the winner of the race, will be plated in gold instead of silver to commemorate this event. The race is scheduled to be the first Daytona 500 run using NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, which was introduced in 2007, and become standard as of 2008. The race also marks the first race under the "Sprint Cup" banner


www.ronpaulracing.com

 

[heath.whiteaker]

still havent seen a contract.

 

[ToryNotion]

On the www.ronpaulracing.com site's blog the latest update says the organizer will meet with the Yates Racing people on Tuesday. I'm just an observer on this and maybe I'm biased because I'm a NASCAR fan and I'd love to see Dr Paul's campaign on a car. There are risks for sure but the exposure this could get would be great if they can pull it off. They need to raise a lot more money before we would be hearing about a contract.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

still havent seen a contract.

I find it Ironic that you complained constantly when you were asked to show a contract, and now your doing the same thing. I am assuming your asking as some form of retribution for how others asked you.

 

[freedomintheusa]

No contract yet

still havent seen a contract.

As far as the Chip-in meter goes, between the chip-in and paypal sites we will have issues with the meters accuracy. Please don't let this discourage you from donating. We originally had to put up with this issue until we reached a $10k minimum for The Delaware Foundation to take over the meter, however, Ron Paul's brother Wayne Paul has offered his services as our CPA, and I couldn't think of a better man for the job. ,,,,,,, Is this good enough?
PEOPLE GO TO www.ronpaulracing.com and check out the blog and post some remarks, ?'s, suggestions,etc.. Asi have stated before i am only trying to spread the word...

 

[freedomintheusa]

Lets go racing

 

[prlgrl]

I think this is a great idea. I've been trying to get my husband on board with RP... I can't believe how much more interested he is since I told him about this. Now he is telling other people (about the car etc. it's a start). I think it would be great also, to tie this event in with ron paul nascar parties race day. I'm planning mine!

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

So this is the driver?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Kvapil

 

[freedomintheusa]

Ron Paul's brother Wayne Paul has offered his services as our CPA, and I couldn't think of a better man for the job

 

[ToryNotion]

Travis Kvapil is the driver of Yates Racing's #28 car. He's a excellent young driver and the car has run very well in testing at Daytona. The statistics are all on www.nascar.com. This opportunity with Yates is really a godsend. I'm not expert on NASCAR but I know a bit and I think its very unusual for a top-flight owner to have 2 cars that finished in the previous seasons top 35 (and are thus guarinteed a starting spot in the first five races of the season) that do not have sponsors. Part of it may be due to Robert Yates turning the team over to Doug Yates, his son.

So Kvapil is a good young driver and the car will be very competitive. Sure he's not Jimmie Johnson but there's no room on his car or most of the others top drivers.

This is a restrictor plate race and its with a new car design (The Car of Tomorrow is the Car of Today) that has never raced at Daytona. Anything could happen in the race. One thing is for sure. #28 will be in that race even if it has no sponsor. It would just be so much better for us if that car was plastered with Ron Paul for President 2008. Make if happen guys.

www.ronpaulracing.com

 

[ToryNotion]

Ron Paul Racing's #28 car (if we make it happen) 4th on speed charts....

http://www.nascar.com/news/headlines/cup/test.speeds/index.html

Cumulative Single-Car Speeds

Pos. No. Name Make Best Time Best Speed Date
1 48A Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 48.706 184.782 1-7 AM
2 5B Casey Mears Chevrolet 48.761 184.574 1-7 AM
3 27B Jacques Villeneuve Toyota 48.792 184.456 1-8 AM
4 28B Travis Kvapil Ford 48.875 184.143 1-8 AM
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[Libertyiswinning]

I think many people dont understand the average nascar fan. This is a highly blindly patriotic crew that believes every country song that speaks praise about the military. It would take time for them to put down their ice cold Bud or PBR (depending on level of fan) and apply thought to the war. But just as I thought the Blimp wouldnt change much (and it hasnt....primaries dont lie) This car wont do much....except give the analyst something else to laugh at. Why dont we focus on raising hte five million that Ron needs.

You obviously do not watch Nascar. This would be HUGE to get Ron Paul on the 28 car. I have watched nascar for over 25 years, and I can tell you that the 28 car coming back is big, and to have Ron Paul on it is the best idea i've heard. People are not forced to look at the blimp.

All nascar fans, even the ones like myself who have quit watching it after a quarter century will watch the Daytona 500. It is the BIGGEST RACE OF THE SEASON and MANY MILLIONS will be watching this from all over the country and world.

 

[Libertyiswinning]

Think again, I live two hours from Daytona. I KNOW Nascar fans, and most when they hear me talk about Ron immediatly say that he is anti military. It takes a level of political involvment to understand Rons positions on the military. I have never met a single nascar fan that would take that level of involvment or time to attempt to understand. Bush won an overwhleming level of support from this group and i havent seen any numbers on this group in about 2 years, back in 2005 - 2006 they were still highly supportive of the militarys involvment in the middle east.

You need to understand that Ron Paul is not anti-military.
He was in the military and has more military support than the other candidates. Ron Paul is anti-illegal invasion.
Sounds like its time to get the millions of nascar fans well informed.