5th Place! NASCARITAVILLE/Spirit of Vicki/PartiesThat Matter

[surfpirate]

Did you know that
"Nine of 10 crowd favorites chosen by popular vote qualified to compete for the grand prize"
.... in the original Sponsafier contest held last year?

Well now you do.

And guess what? We are in 5th place in popular votes in 2011. Details ...

http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports ... 10-77.html

[surfpirate]

We are in 5th place out of 34,000+ entries.

5th FREAKIN' PLACE out of MORE THAN THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND!

These are the final days of the phase 1 popular voting.
The selection committee will select the TEN FINALISTS
April 7th - 14th .... we need to keep generating BUZZ.

If you are on facebook .... http://facebook.com/NASCARITAVILLE
*like* us ... leave comments ... every bit of buzz helps..

I still say ...... Will we be selected as one of the TEN FINALISTS?

It could/should ... WILL HAPPEN!

TEN FINALISTS will be selected April 7th-14th.
Phase II voting will begin April 22nd. Stay tuned.
Keep laying the groundwork among friends and co-workers.

Updates .....

article about NASCARITAVILLE .... Charities sponsify for the NASCAR Nation
facebook post on RM .... Dallas charity tries to win contest to race under name 'NASCARitaville'

[surfpirate]

1972. Richard Nixon was the president, but Richard Petty was "The King" ....

and in his first race, a young upstart
named Jimmy Ricky Bobby Buffett lost by only 1/100 of a second.
I still feel the pain of seeing that first
NASCARITAVILLE Parties That Matter Racecar
come oh ... so ... close ... to victory lane.

This year we are going to win.

http://www.NASCARITAVILLE.com

[Bicycle Bill]

1972. Richard Nixon was the president, but Richard Petty was "The King" ....

and in his first race, a young upstart
named Jimmy Ricky Bobby Buffett lost by only 1/100 of a second.
I still feel the pain of seeing that first
NASCARITAVILLE Parties That Matter Racecar
come oh ... so ... close ... to victory lane.

This year we are going to win.

http://www.NASCARITAVILLE.com

Do you think that when we win we can talk Denny Hamlin into wearing a "Jimmy Ricky Bobby" name patch on his driving suit for the day?

-"BB"-

[surfpirate]

We are in 5th place out of 34,610+ entries.

5th FREAKIN' PLACE out of MORE THAN THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND!

These are the final days of the phase 1 popular voting.
The selection committee will select the TEN FINALISTS
April 7th - 14th .... we need to keep generating BUZZ..

I still say ...... Will we be selected as one of the TEN FINALISTS?

It could/should ... WILL HAPPEN!

TEN FINALISTS will be selected April 7th-14th.
Phase II voting will begin April 22nd. Stay tuned.
Keep laying the groundwork among friends and co-workers.
Sign up for daily twitter updates ..... http://twitter.com/NASCARITAVILLE
Facebookers ... *like* us here ........ http://facebook.com/NASCARITAVILLE

Updates .....

article about NASCARITAVILLE .... Charities sponsify for the NASCAR Nation
facebook post on RM .... Dallas charity tries to win contest to race under name 'NASCARitaville'

[txaggirl91]

Have you made a "pit crew" shirt design?

I would be willing to wear one at the Tampa tailgate and I bet others would be too...

[surfpirate]

Have you made a "pit crew" shirt design?

I would be willing to wear one at the Tampa tailgate and I bet others would be too...

This is something that I offered up to Bill (Mr. Play) for fundraising
at the Fifth Annual Frisco Feeding Frenzy,
but he understandably did not want to interfere
the FFF 5 fundraising t-shirts.

However .....
it is still something that I think we could do for those
NOT attending FFF 5 that might be interested.

Persons attending the Tampa, Raleigh, Charlotte and other shows.
(I want one).

I can't offer this design through my usual surf shop (Zazzle)
because they tend to err on the side of caution and would undoubtedly
reject the design due to "copyright" reasons
even though my NASCARish design uses my own images
it "invokes" NASCAR, and thus they would likely not allow it.

Nonetheless .....
if there is interest, I could reach out to Glenn a.k.a. TheSecretsInTheCrust
and see if he would be willing to do these via his new t-shirt "bidness".

We could do one of two things:

1. price the t-shirts as low as possible, zero above cost, to get as many out there as possible
2. price the t-shirts with a $5 or $10 above cost to raise money for Parties That Matter

both #1 and #2 ask a lot of Glenn as far as donating his time for free to do this,
but I will ask him.

The design would look something like this, although I might alter the NASCARITAVILLE logo to my version.
Is there interest? If so we'd have to move on this NOW.

[surfpirate]

SO WHAT IS NEXT?

Voting for all cars that still have time remaining, ends on April 6, 2011.
Then the judges select the top 10 cars based on specific design factors.

WHEN we make the TEN FINALISTS, we will need to start voting
again on April 22, 2011.

At that point we only have TEN days to vote!
Each voter is allowed to vote for only ONE car,
and they can only vote ONE time per day.

The winning car design will be featured
on an actual race car at the NASCAR All-Star race, details below,
and the winning car designer will have a chance to meet with a NASCAR driver,
something we would try to coordinate so that it be something special
for one or more of our Parties That Matter friends.

The runners-up from the Top 10 will receive a racing helmet
with their design painted on it, as well as other *bling*
which will all be donated to Parties That Matter
for perhaps a special fund raising auction.

All- Star Race Weekend Events

Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1 PM on SPEED channel you can watch the
All-Star race and watch for the commercials about this contest on TV.

It may also be mentioned on some of the pre-race shows and/or in other
media outlets, as well as remain on the website to be seen by millions.
Cool eh?

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

05/20/11 Truck Series N.C. Education Lottery 200
05/21/11 CUP Showdown
05/21/11 CUP All-Star Race

http://www.nascar.com/promos/allstar/2011/index.html

So keep laying the groundwork among friends and co-workers.
Sign up for daily twitter updates ..... http://twitter.com/NASCARITAVILLE
Facebookers ... *like* us here ........ http://facebook.com/NASCARITAVILLE

Updates .....

article about NASCARITAVILLE .... Charities sponsify for the NASCAR Nation
facebook post on RM .... Dallas charity tries to win contest to race under name 'NASCARitaville'

[surfpirate]

DID YOU KNOW ......

... that you can support Parties That Matter by
getting an OFFICIAL PIT CREW t-shirt?

Well now you know.
Visit http://www.nascaritaville.com/pitcrew/ for details.

Sign up for daily twitter updates ..... http://twitter.com/NASCARITAVILLE
Facebookers ... *like* us here ........ http://facebook.com/NASCARITAVILLE

Updates .....

article about NASCARITAVILLE .... Charities sponsify for the NASCAR Nation
facebook post on RM .... Dallas charity tries to win contest to race under name 'NASCARitaville'

[surfpirate]

bump

That is about the extent of pimping I am capable of.
I have been struck down with a virus or something
and feel like s***.

I may not be able to keep any *buzz* alive for a while.
I may need help. I am shutting down the promo machine
from my end. I need some rest.

[surfpirate]

DID YOU KNOW ......

... that you can support Parties That Matter by
getting an OFFICIAL PIT CREW t-shirt?

Well now you know.
Visit http://www.nascaritaville.com/pitcrew/ for details.

Sign up for daily twitter updates ..... http://twitter.com/NASCARITAVILLE
Facebookers ... *like* us here ........ http://facebook.com/NASCARITAVILLE

Updates .....

article about NASCARITAVILLE .... Charities sponsify for the NASCAR Nation
facebook post on RM .... Dallas charity tries to win contest to race under name 'NASCARitaville'

[springparrot]

Thank you SurfPirate for all your hard work.

Now,
GO REST and HEAL!!!!

[srkmrd]

Hope you are feeling better SP!!!!

[Grams]

Feel better soon....Have some Chicken soup... and you will be back in the drivers seat soon.. Till then we will take over!!

[surfpirate]

Must have been a 24 hour thing, because after getting 12 hours sleep last night,
I feel much better .... which of course is bad news for anyone
beginning to get annoyed with my constant attempts
to get this contest entry selected as one of
the TEN FINALISTS ....

..... which of course WILL happen.

[surfpirate]

I am updating the various websites with "THANK YOU"s for those who have helped
in some way or another. Not individuals but websites, forums, radio stations, etc.

Looks like this (see below). The words are "A sincere thank you to all of the following",
so it does not imply endorsement, but is ... well ... a "Thank You" shout out.

If you have any other forums or groups that deserve a "Thank You" shout out, please let me know,
and I'll add them and a link on the websites.

It may encourage pride of involvement and more participation and votes when (I said "WHEN")
we are a top ten finalist.

[surfpirate]

Today's Totally Stupid *Get Out The Vote* image.
Previous totally stupid images are HERE ...... http://www.NASCARITAVILLE.com/images/ot ... idity.html

[surfpirate]

THERE ARE NOW THREE (3) ......
.... count 'em, THREE Lyme Disease cars in the top fifteen.

I'm not exactly certain what to make of that.
The newest entry, HUMAN RACE CAR, is just ..... (creepy).
Maybe it is just me, but is the color of the car
supposed to invoke a skin tone?

Did you know that you can support Parties That Matter by
getting an OFFICIAL PIT CREW t-shirt?
Visit http://www.nascaritaville.com/pitcrew/ for details.

Sign up for daily twitter updates ..... http://twitter.com/NASCARITAVILLE
Facebookers ... *like* us here ........ http://facebook.com/NASCARITAVILLE

Updates .....

article about NASCARITAVILLE .... Charities sponsify for the NASCAR Nation
facebook post on RM .... Dallas charity tries to win contest to race under name 'NASCARitaville'

[springparrot]

I'm trying!!!!!

[surfpirate]

I'm trying!!!!!

I worry that we have all become complacent.
Am I being too annoying with my updates?
I am trying to limit them to just a couple or so a day and
keep them entertaining / informative.

I see this as one enormous once-in-a-moment opportunity
for a huge amount of exposure and awareness ...

... and I don't want the opportunity to slip away.