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« on: June 20, 2007, 04:40:22 pm » |
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NASCAR's top series to be renamed Sprint Cup in 2008: Beginning with the 2008 season, Sprint will replace Nextel as title sponsor of NASCAR's premiere racing series, multiple high-ranking industry sources told ESPN.com on condition of anonymity. The series will be known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, sources said. NASCAR declined comment. Dean Kessel, Sprint's NASCAR marketing director, denied the claims, and said Sprint/Nextel is still sorting the proposition out with NASCAR. Kessel also said that multiple outstanding details must be finalized internally before a decision can be made either way. This would mark the third time in four seasons NASCAR's Cup Series experienced a sponsorship-based name change. From 1972-2003, the Cup Series was sponsored by R.J. Reynolds tobacco through its Winston cigarette brand. Then, starting in 2004, Nextel assumed the naming rights to the most popular racing series in America.(ESPN.com)(6-20-2007)
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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2007, 12:18:24 am » |
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Winston was a good name, nextel was bad and sprint is worse  |
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2007, 10:39:51 am » |
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Yeah, Sprint will get everybody confused with the world of outlaws Sprint cars. Well, it did me anyways!  |
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2007, 11:30:27 pm » |
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It will remind me of Outlaws, but i don't think the sprint guys realize that. Stupid name.
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2007, 11:32:58 pm » |
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I would like it to be called Resse's Cup! Wouldn't that be funny! Maybe Hendicks could throw in a couple of more Ben's and he could have it change to Hendrick Cup or even JR Cup! |
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2007, 11:34:27 pm » |
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Reese's cup would be funny. Hendrick could probably do it.
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2007, 11:35:45 pm » |
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Budwieser Cup? |
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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2007, 11:36:21 pm » |
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NOOOOOOO. Pepsi Cup.
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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2007, 11:38:07 pm » |
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Dixie Cup. The maufactur of the red cups! |
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2007, 01:48:43 pm » |
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The official announcement from Sprint-Nextel is expected on Saturday @ 3 PM ET.
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Thanks for posting it. Sprint will probally get bought out next year and we will change again!  |
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With all these name changes,Winston,Nextel,Sprint,I just call it the Cup series. I think the Busch series is supposed to undergo a sponsor change in 2008. I thought I read that Wal-Mart was a possible replacement as series sponsor but other than that,I don't know what the deal is.
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I don't wanna buy nothing with it on it because more and likly its going to change the next year!
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Winston was a good name, nextel was bad and sprint is worse Hey Dog, I still refer to it as the Winston Cup Series at times. That's what it will always be to me as that's what I grew up with. |
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