tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332230144048720962.post3232133776966270836..comments2007-09-26T14:40:05.522-06:00Joe Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04583503698401127457noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332230144048720962.post-10853157323832103052007-09-26T14:40:00.000-06:002007-09-26T14:40:00.000-06:002007-09-26T14:40:00.000-06:00"Anonymous said... <BR/>Might this be the first sign of sponsors retreating from NASCAR? TV ratings have dropped, attendance has dropped and the attention given by local news on TV and ewspapers is not what it once was."<BR/>I do write for a local newspaper and part of the reason for the lack of local coverage is that with the Brian France era came a policy of denying access to the smaller publications. Nascar has their own news dept and spoonfeeds a lot of the coverage to the large media groups to report only what Nascar wants reported.Joe Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04583503698401127457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332230144048720962.post-41524635475808877972007-09-26T13:19:00.000-06:002007-09-26T13:19:00.000-06:002007-09-26T13:19:00.000-06:00stealing sponsors?bud is the beer of nascar.bud is the sponsor of the #8mike8http://www.blogger.com/profile/12469817099837312660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332230144048720962.post-69669037590732037872007-09-26T09:22:00.000-06:002007-09-26T09:22:00.000-06:002007-09-26T09:22:00.000-06:00Is Coors Light not sponsoring a car now? If so, that is sad. I'd much rather see a big sponsor like that on a car than sponsoring NASCAR, the organization. Who cares if Coors Light is the official beer of NASCAR - they already had a car that gave them marketing privileges. IMO, NASCAR shoudl nto steal sponsorships away fro mits teams. Which it constantly does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332230144048720962.post-40072950947355337472007-09-26T08:00:00.000-06:002007-09-26T08:00:00.000-06:002007-09-26T08:00:00.000-06:00Might this be the first sign of sponsors retreating from NASCAR? TV ratings have dropped, attendance has dropped and the attention given by local news on TV and ewspapers is not what it once was. Sponsors may feel they are not getting the most from their dollars spent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332230144048720962.post-9822798356805249872007-09-25T17:34:00.000-06:002007-09-25T17:34:00.000-06:002007-09-25T17:34:00.000-06:00Bud seems to be reducing its exposure in Nascar first Busch and then the switch from Junior which I think was mutual....I imagine that Coors were delighted to jump into the void as the official beer of Nascar....I guess Bud's marketing is being moved in a different directionNascar and the Canadian Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13236170516269970163noreply@blogger.com