(08-19-2015 12:42 PM)DoubleDogDare Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 12:18 PM)bridgeforthduke Wrote:  The administration deserves some flake, but I don't understand the snarky cmoments for this. This is a unique way to begin to push us as a national brand. I don't fault them for thinking outside the box.

My snarky comment was more of a joke on the strategic plan but was misdirected because I actually like the idea (double points cause I'll be there as I am no longer a JMU season ticket holder).

But lets stop the press with the "thinking outside the box" kudos. The guy was on the BOV for 8 years prior to this and in that time all sorts of colleges have done something similar. I'm mostly just glad that we are only 4 years behind the 600 student Multnomah University. http://www.multnomah.edu/blog/2011/04/01/nascar/ Seriously a quick google search for "university sponsorship nascar" returns results for Northwestern Ohio, Texas Tech and LIBERTY in the first 10 links.

JMU had a car in 2003 so thats 8 years BEFORE Multnomah FWIW.
http://www.jmu.edu/montpelier/2003Summer...Laps.shtml

(08-19-2015 12:37 PM)lingerba Wrote:  JMU Sports just commented on Facebook that Die-casts of this car will be produced too. That will be a pretty cool collector piece!

Sweet

(08-19-2015 03:12 PM)JMU_Degenerate Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 12:42 PM)DoubleDogDare Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 12:18 PM)bridgeforthduke Wrote:  The administration deserves some flake, but I don't understand the snarky cmoments for this. This is a unique way to begin to push us as a national brand. I don't fault them for thinking outside the box.

My snarky comment was more of a joke on the strategic plan but was misdirected because I actually like the idea (double points cause I'll be there as I am no longer a JMU season ticket holder).

But lets stop the press with the "thinking outside the box" kudos. The guy was on the BOV for 8 years prior to this and in that time all sorts of colleges have done something similar. I'm mostly just glad that we are only 4 years behind the 600 student Multnomah University. http://www.multnomah.edu/blog/2011/04/01/nascar/ Seriously a quick google search for "university sponsorship nascar" returns results for Northwestern Ohio, Texas Tech and LIBERTY in the first 10 links.

JMU had a car in 2003 so thats 8 years BEFORE Multnomah FWIW.
http://www.jmu.edu/montpelier/2003Summer...Laps.shtml

Yeah I misspoke there but that detail just further supports my hesitation to say the admin is "thinking outside the box" here and that is pushing "national branding" to a new level. Quick show of hands.....who had heard of Multnomah?

Let me be clear again since I know people love to get butt hurt - I like it - but I'm ready to give an admin props for something I find to be relatively minor.

Leave it to the usual blowhards to derail every thread with the same tired BS. This is coming from an fbs supporter. Good god, it is getting so old.

Personally, I can't wait to buy little JMU NASCAR cars for stocking stuffers. Ho! ho! ho!

Last go round the Virginia Tourism Authority, the 529 Plan, or something like that paid for it. They had a rotation of race dates for several colleges (JMU, VCU, a couple of others); but Hermie had to qualify, which didn't always happen, for that week's college logo to be shown. I THINK the JMU car only ran once that year at Martinsville.

Hat's off to Mr. Devine. The car looks awesome.

The 2003 car:

(08-19-2015 02:35 PM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  oh man id love a shirt like this with the jmu car on it

Does Matt DiBenedetto have a mustache? Tell him to grow up and grow one

Eh. This'll do for a half hour of Photoshopping.

yea get me that shirt immediately. a few bald eagles and a 21-16 scoreboard and i might spontaneously combust putting it on

OJF is smiling down.

(08-19-2015 11:09 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 10:37 AM)JMUETC Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 10:18 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  I'm sure there is little to no money involved. Having spent a dozen years in management of several NASCAR teams and a good understanding of these type deals, the team will be fortunate if JMU pays for the decals on the race car. The owner is a former JMU grad and has served on the BOV. Nevertheless, good to see Ron Devine doing this for us. Let's hope a good showing is made by the team for this event. I give the value to be $100K - $200K.

Interesting read:

http://www.catchfence.com/2015/sprintcup...-richmond/

BP - I know you can add some clarification here, but is it possible that this is a situation where the car does not even finish the race, but just starts in order to qualify as a start. I recall reading about this a bunch of years ago. I thinks it's called start and park. Does that still go on? Or, is it a safe bet that, assuming no accidents, this guy will actually complete the race? If so, that's some decent pub.

This absolutely goes on and the teams who do this actually make a profit. They put so little into the effort to compete that they will use an engine over and over many times. They'll only purchase two or three sets of tires. When they get back home they pretty much wash the car and load it back into their hauler.

NASCAR has taken some measures to help prevent such start-and-park teams by impounding one of the last place finishers each week. NASCAR will carry the car back to Concord, NC to their R&D facility and inspect it, keeping it for one week, resulting in the team needing additional cars.

The driver of this car is Matt DeBenedetto, though not a household name, he is running for rookie of the year and is doing about as well as Danica Patrick did during her first season of Sprint Cup competition. He's 36 in the points and only had one DNF. Though he failed to qualify for a couple of events this season. This is certainly nothing to write home about, but there are 35 drivers further down in the points. I feel fairly certain they will not start-and-park but a top 20 finish will seem like a victory for the team.

I noticed a couple of years ago there seemed to be a decrease in the start & parks which had been up to 5-6 a race. I've watched every race this past season and have hardly noticed it. I know a couple years back that NASCAR stripped much of the prize $$ from the last 5? places, taking away much of the incentive to start and park...

(08-20-2015 06:52 AM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  yea get me that shirt immediately. a few bald eagles and a 21-16 scoreboard and i might spontaneously combust putting it on

You might get so excited that you (won't) get a JMU tattoo...

(08-20-2015 04:07 PM)jmufan2008 Wrote:  

(08-20-2015 06:52 AM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  yea get me that shirt immediately. a few bald eagles and a 21-16 scoreboard and i might spontaneously combust putting it on

You might get so excited that you (won't) get a JMU tattoo...

The facts support that Cent is a dirty liar. I like him, but he's a dirty rotten liar.

Gotten some good press so far. Sample of a few..
http://www.richmond.com/sports/auto-raci...15b05.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-s...r-vehicle/
http://www.1140wrva.com/onair/gary-hess-...-13872969/

You can now join the pit crew for this race too:

http://jmusports.com/news/2015/8/27/GEN_0827150829.aspx

Everytime I see BK Racing I think of the Burger King Racing game...

(08-20-2015 07:50 AM)Dukester Wrote:  OJF is smiling down.

He loved his Nascar.

(08-27-2015 10:28 AM)lingerba Wrote:  You can now join the pit crew for this race too:

http://jmusports.com/news/2015/8/27/GEN_0827150829.aspx

Article says 7:00 driver intros and 7:30 Green flag. Green flag is actually scheduled for 7:43...

(08-27-2015 01:56 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(08-27-2015 10:28 AM)lingerba Wrote:  You can now join the pit crew for this race too:

http://jmusports.com/news/2015/8/27/GEN_0827150829.aspx

Article says 7:00 driver intros and 7:30 Green flag. Green flag is actually scheduled for 7:43...