New Sponsor and Driver for Dunn (1 Viewer)
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SoCal Racer
Nitro Member
Glad to hear it! Nice opportunity for Jim Campbell as well. And I don't know how he does it, but nobody makes corporate logos and colors look better than Jim Dunn Racing! Always clean and eye-catching.
stitcherbob
Nitro Member
Now 7-11 needs to stock their stores with NHRA stuff and get the gospel of Nitro out to the young-uns
Nitro Cane
Nitro Member
Jim Dunn and that group always seem to find a sponsor every year. Great news for them !!
Polish Hammer
Nitro Member
Slushee machines in their pit.
While I agree and love seeing Jim Dunn out there every season, doesn't the driver bring the sponsor with him with Dunn's team? Regardless, whatever they're doing works. Maybe there's something to be said for being frugal and finding a way to survive in today's nitro world. As a side note, Jim Dunn's not blowing his stuff up every run like a lot of small-budget teams which is a credit to his tuning savvy.
mick
Nitro Member
uh, no.....7-11 does not care about the future of nhra.....the price is rite for approx. 12 races with 7-11 stores in those markets in hopes of either keeping customers and generating new ones......if you go to the same c-store continually, how much do you think you spend there in a year? (gas/coffee/food/tobacco/beverage/snacks)......then how much in 10 years?.....pretty good return for sponsoring some drag racer for a few races in 2017......in fact, they may get enough traffic from nhra race fans in their local stores on race weekends to pay for that race.
vegasnitro
Nitro Member
My guess it is a marketing tie-in with Oberto to sell jerky and promote their brand at the same time. Last year they ran a Circle K scheme at several races and this year it is 7-11? Too coincidental. My second guess is that those are probably Oberto's 2 biggest retailers.
Murrieta Mad Man
Nitro Member
I was floored when he got Hustler Magazine...
mick
Nitro Member
eric, i was surprised too when jim landed that men's magazine sponsor all those years ago.....doesn't matter it's name, i understand the jist of your comment, you are right, a very unique sponsor.
then again, look at the models at the races......rockstar / skoal / harley / gas monkey / traxxas.
not exactly amish attire
then again, look at the models at the races......rockstar / skoal / harley / gas monkey / traxxas.
not exactly amish attire
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Nitro Cane
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HEMI6point1
Nitro Member
Just curious as to how big, money wise are these sponsors?
A few Million. But I noticed with Kaliita's having Wix come aboard with their sticker on the burst panel, I would imagine that in order to get the finances to run a Fuel car, This will be the New norm of having numerous sponsors than just one being wrapped on the car. If you were to have maybe 3 sponsors on the car you can charge them a small amount individually v.s. 1 large amount required to fund a team. Lets say your fuel team needs 3 mil. to run a season, Why not have 3 sponsors chipping in 1 mil. a piece for the season instead of 1 sponsor pulling 3 mil. out of their pocket by themselves.
