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NASCAR Scraps Plans For Bubba Watson's General Lee Car Promotion (Confederate flag)
sports business daily ^ | 2-2012

Posted on 04/10/2012 6:59:45 PM PDT by doug from upland

Golfer Bubba Watson’s plans to “drive a parade lap around Phoenix International Raceway in the original General Lee car” from the show "The Dukes of Hazzard" before the March 4 Sprint Cup Series race “have been scrapped,” according to Jim Utter of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. The problem is "the Confederate flag image" on the roof of the car. NASCAR Managing Dir of Integrated Marketing Communications David Higdon on Friday said, "NASCAR, International Speedway Corp. and Phoenix International Raceway officials discussed this and decided it was not in the best interest of our sport.” He added, "The image of the Confederate flag is not something that should play an official role in our sport as we continue to reach out to new fans and make NASCAR more inclusive" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 2/18). Watson said, “NASCAR was built on moonshining, so the show was built on moonshining. I thought it was fun. I didn’t buy the car to get publicity; I bought it because I love it” (AP, 2/17). YAHOO SPORTS’ Jay Busbee wrote the decision is “going to rile up hardcore fans, but so be it.” NASCAR has to “play to a larger fanbase now” (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 2/17).


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bubbawatson; confedflag; generalleecar; masterschamp
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To: doug from upland
I think on the day after the Nov. 2012 Election results are broadcast (they already have the results, I think), I'm flying the stars 'n bars on my front lawn.

It would be great if all PROUD Americans, who eschew political correctness, would do the same.

21 posted on 04/10/2012 7:32:36 PM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: traditional1

I’m not from the South. :)


22 posted on 04/10/2012 7:40:44 PM PDT by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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To: Sherman Logan

As a Northerner from a family that never had a dog in that fight, I have never completely understood how that flag has been transformed from an interesting historical artifact to the equivalent of a white sheet with holes in it - in only 30 or 40 years.

At this rate, I’ll bet in five years it will be edited/blurred out of films and videos.


23 posted on 04/10/2012 7:43:37 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: doug from upland
"I’m not from the South. :)"

Me neither....I'm from Ohio

24 posted on 04/10/2012 7:46:31 PM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: doug from upland
You watch. You're going to see thousands of General Lee 1 and Confederate flags at the next event...I guarantee it.

These are real fans, not wimps and wusses.

25 posted on 04/10/2012 7:46:54 PM PDT by evad (STOP SPENDING, STOP SPENDING, STOP SPENDING. It's the SPENDING Stupid)
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To: doug from upland
You watch. You're going to see thousands of General Lee 1 and Confederate flags at the next event...I guarantee it.

These are real fans, not wimps and wusses.

26 posted on 04/10/2012 7:47:01 PM PDT by evad (STOP SPENDING, STOP SPENDING, STOP SPENDING. It's the SPENDING Stupid)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yep, took out Winston and replaced it with Nextel. I went to Daytona when it was still the Winston Cup and still have my Winston Tower admission. Went several years later as Nextel. I thought I was at the mall. The distancing of tobacco sponsorships, IMHO was the start of the end of regional identity. I think. I do remember receiving 2 cartons of a Winston finest from the hospitality tent hosted by Champion.. I thought that was interesting as 14 year old kid , (1984). Brought that stuff back to NJ and made $20. My pop did not appreciate the entrepreneurial opportunity this parented in HS, nor did the admins. Different times I guess, smoking was allowed on school grounds.


27 posted on 04/10/2012 7:49:43 PM PDT by guyfromjrz (fresh breath, it speaks for itself.)
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To: traditional1

I was born in lovely Cleveland. While my parents were alive, I thanked them often for having the good sense to move to SoCal when I was 5.


28 posted on 04/10/2012 8:01:49 PM PDT by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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To: guyfromjrz

I can remember smoking was allowed IN school during school hours.


29 posted on 04/10/2012 8:01:49 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: doug from upland
They want fans, no trouble, and a big income stream.

The problem is that their income stream has already been interrupted - in a big way. the Great Øbozo Misery tour is hitting NASCAR just like everyone else. They can ill afford to alienate their base - folks who like the General Lee and don't mind or care about that flag.

30 posted on 04/10/2012 8:12:35 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: doug from upland
Only a matter of time before NASCAR drivers wear skirts.
31 posted on 04/10/2012 8:19:27 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Alberta's Child

Yep, took out Winston and replaced it with Nextel. I went to Daytona when it was still the Winston Cup and still have my Winston Tower admission. Went several years later as Nextel. I thought I was at the mall. The distancing of tobacco sponsorships, IMHO was the start of the end of regional identity. I think. I do remember receiving 2 cartons of a Winston finest from the hospitality tent hosted by Champion.. I thought that was interesting as 14 year old kid , (1984). Brought that stuff back to NJ and made $20. My pop did not appreciate the entrepreneurial opportunity this parented in HS, nor did the admins. Different times I guess, smoking was allowed on school grounds.


32 posted on 04/10/2012 8:44:31 PM PDT by guyfromjrz (fresh breath, it speaks for itself.)
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To: doug from upland

The people who hate the confederate flag will still call nascar racist regardless of what they do.The dumbasses running the show in nascar need to wake up to this,Its idiotic.I suppose nascar should make all the drivers wear hoodies instead.


33 posted on 04/10/2012 9:24:35 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: rockrr

I agree, the General Lee is a part of history whether you like it or not. I was a kid when the show started- could care less about the flag and do not find it offensive whatsoever.


34 posted on 04/10/2012 10:14:55 PM PDT by mriguy67
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To: mriguy67

What I find offensive is when they play the Mexican national anthem at a US soccer game


35 posted on 04/10/2012 10:18:03 PM PDT by mriguy67
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To: doug from upland

Replace the stars and bars with a hammer and sickle, and the media would adore and applaud him.


36 posted on 04/10/2012 10:22:59 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: cripplecreek

Thx for the new desktop wallpaper... : D


37 posted on 04/10/2012 10:23:51 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: mriguy67

In baseball, when Toronto plays, they play the Canadian and our national anthem. If it is a team from Mexico playing a US team, I have no problem with both national anthems. I suspect, however, you are talking about two US teams on our soil. That is truly disgusting.


38 posted on 04/10/2012 10:32:46 PM PDT by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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To: doug from upland
Do they still teach American History in School?

What's next, black bars covering the redacted parts of the school books?

39 posted on 04/10/2012 10:35:49 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

If they do teach history, they do not do it very well. It is all about their leftist agenda.


40 posted on 04/10/2012 10:44:23 PM PDT by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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