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So the NHRA decides to cave and screw over a popular driver over....
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It takes a fellow mater to point this out. It should have been expressed by NHRA bosses when they told no about the sponsorship. Thanks for letting us know Tony!
Greasemunk
Nitro Member
Some nefarious people will always misuse the avenues they have available to them unfortunately. it doesn't mean that the baby needs to be thrown out with the bathwater.
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/21/2/87
Quote: Cigarettes were recognized as the cause of the epidemic in the 1940s and 1950s, with the confluence of studies from epidemiology, animal experiments, cellular pathology and chemical analytics. Cigarette manufacturers disputed this evidence, as part of an orchestrated conspiracy to salvage cigarette sales.
Winston Started sponsoring NHRA in 1975 and lasted until 2001. So 20 years AFTER cigarettes were recognized as harmful to peoples health, they signed on to a promotional activity that almost everyone in the sport benefited from the $$$ at the time.
So it's ok if everyone makes money from a morally questionable sponsor? just not if one sportsman racer does it?
stitcherbob
Nitro Member
Jeez, now we are going to have to blur out any pics of the Chi Town Hustler..... and the LA Hooker......
Greasemunk
Nitro Member
You may laugh, but historic racecars in Australia aren't permitted to run with their original liveries if they were tobacco related due to advertising laws. Tobacco sponsors Played a massive part in local Motorsports (drag racing included) up until the end of 1995.
I've never visited the site; don't intend to but I do know that outright x-rated pornography was banned from OnlyFans nearly 4 years ago. I also know that they've branched out with sponsorship of many sports-related venues, in particular motorcycle and bicycle racing.
It's still raunchier than the First Baptist Church sponsorship NHRA might prefer but it's their clubhouse; they get to make the rules. I will say they should have given Richardson a heads up last year instead of waiting until she was preparing for 2025.
Custom Body Fan
Nitro Member
The ban never went into effect - it was reversed shortly after they announced it. There are a bunch of articles about it, but here is one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnlyFans
Personally I don’t think it’s appropriate to have a firm that’s primary business is hard-core porn advertising in the NHRA. I really don’t think seeing the Onlyfans, Pornhub.com and Xvideo.com cars competing to win the Countdown is a very good look for a mainstream sport.
Gone Dead Train
Nitro Member
Porn star's, hoochie mama's have been around drag racing for years.
AA/FD From the pages of the Drag Racing USA Magazine, I give you "The Goo$e" and early 70s L.A. porn star Rene Bond
and she was also the OCIR Race Queen.
AA/FC It's 1972 and the late great Pat Foster and porn star Rene Bond
celebrate in the winners circle after Pat's win at the Hang 10 Funny Car
Championships at OCIR.
AA/FD The Persian Lamb (Google it) photo shoot with
"TV Tommy Ivo's Giraffe" nitro burning fuel digger.
The 1973 Northwest National Open Seattle
"The Ace" and porn star Linda Lovelace in the winners
circle. My dad and I are off to the right when Steve
Reyes took the photo. I Remember early in the day, she
took a ride down the return road in "Wild Bill" Shrewsberry
L.A. Dart wheelstander. Very Cool
AA/FD From the pages of the Drag Racing USA Magazine, I give you "The Goo$e" and early 70s L.A. porn star Rene Bond
and she was also the OCIR Race Queen.
AA/FC It's 1972 and the late great Pat Foster and porn star Rene Bond
celebrate in the winners circle after Pat's win at the Hang 10 Funny Car
Championships at OCIR.
AA/FD The Persian Lamb (Google it) photo shoot with
"TV Tommy Ivo's Giraffe" nitro burning fuel digger.
The 1973 Northwest National Open Seattle
"The Ace" and porn star Linda Lovelace in the winners
circle. My dad and I are off to the right when Steve
Reyes took the photo. I Remember early in the day, she
took a ride down the return road in "Wild Bill" Shrewsberry
L.A. Dart wheelstander. Very Cool
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none
Nitro Member
Fifty years ago, my dad could give 10 year old me a note and I could go to the store and buy him cigarettes. Or I could just get them out of a vending machine.
Fifty years ago, you could smoke on an airplane, in a restaurant or even in a hospital.
Fifty years ago, Men's magazines were on the newsstand (not behind the counter) available to be seen by anyone of any age, who wanted to pick it up.
Fifty years ago if you were driving drunk, you could expect to get a ride home from the cop.
Fifty years ago, what my dad called "Discipline" is now called "Child Abuse".
Things Change.....
Alan
Fifty years ago, you could smoke on an airplane, in a restaurant or even in a hospital.
Fifty years ago, Men's magazines were on the newsstand (not behind the counter) available to be seen by anyone of any age, who wanted to pick it up.
Fifty years ago if you were driving drunk, you could expect to get a ride home from the cop.
Fifty years ago, what my dad called "Discipline" is now called "Child Abuse".
Things Change.....
Alan
True but completely irrelevant to how the NHRA handled this.
And your take on allowing them to sponsor her for two years then deciding to yank the rug out for season 3 when the contacts are signed and then making no public statements about the subject? At least have the guts go publicly admit they had no idea what was going on inside their organization and apologize to her and her team who work very hard to put the car on the track. NHRA just walking away and saying nothing is a really bad look.and her race team deserves better than that. Thing change but professionalism and courtesy should never change and the NHRA failed big time
I agree. I wasn't aware the ban was lifted. I didn't know anything about it at all until I looked it up; never visited the place.
BaldyLochs
Nitro Member
I admit, I know nothing about her. But, if she's savvy and believes in her dreams to race in the "big time", I would tend to think that just the events surrounding this could be a stepping stone and pretty opportune segue for her to connect with another interested sponsor fairly soon .... as far as garnering interest in her program and getting her name out there atleast. I wish them well.
ironpony
Nitro Member
maybe I'll send an application for a job at NHRA, checking Adult Video Sites and make sure none of them are sponsors on a race car. . . . . i'll work for free !!!
