Naming Rights

I received several name suggestions for the July 23^rd late model special at Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track. The first was from Judy Schwartz, long suffering wife of hard core late model fan Tom of Lincoln.  She thinks it should be called the “BOOGITY! BOOGITY! BOOGITY!” Let’s go NCRA late model racin’ boys! Race. Sorry Judy, no way.  I am sure your husband will say that to me that night-and probably encourage the rest of the Sunday Night Irregulars to do the same, but hopefully no one else will.  No free passes headed to Lincoln.

And no free passes to Auburn either.  Tony Anville suggested we call it “The 1^st Annual Tony Anville Memorial,” even though he is very much alive and kicking.  His theory is that by the time he dies we will actually get it right.  Cute.

Rick Bradley suggested we call it the “Bumpy 50,” which is a combination of Bruton and Humpy, not necessarily to indicate track conditions that night.  Now if hobby stocks were a feature class and the 28B came out of semi-retirement, we could call it The Tractor Tire Jumping 50.

Another possibility would be “The Randy Palmer Golden Beret 40.”  The trophy could be made of pyrite, aka fool’s gold.  I guess this is an unintended update.  No, we aren’t calling it Randy Palmer anything, unless he wants to be a major sponsor.  $5K will get you naming rights rstar.  It is going to be a 40 lap race though.

We gave thought to various race lengths, with 35, 40, 50, 60, and 75 laps as possibilities.  A 100 lap race was never considered, partly because of the purse, but mainly because such races should be part of traditional year end shows, like the Yankee Dirt Classic in Farley, Iowa.   I thought a 35 lap race was not long enough, but a 75 lap race was too long. I was OK with a 40, 50, or 60 lap race, but a 40 lap race should mean good racing from start to finish.

I am tempted to give free passes to Tom Schwartz for the following:  “OH MY GOD! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T LET MATT PLAN THE MUSIC PORTION OF THE SHOW!” I couldn’t agree more.  Matt would suggest something like Kenney Chesney karaoke. We’ll let Stan Cisar handle the music, though I need to send him some Fabulous Flipper cuts.

I am serious about the finding a name for the race.  We want to start Facebook and Twitter pages to promote the race, but can’t do either until we have a name etched in concrete. I can say for sure we will give away two free passes to whoever comes up with the name we use, and maybe some other amenities as well.  Email me with name suggestions:  brutonnb@yahoo.com

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