Earnhardt Jr. priority No. 1 Budweiser

[JennVols]

By DAVID POOLE - The Charlotte Observer
Tony Ponturo, the vice president of global media and sports marketing for Anheuser-Busch, minces no words when talking about how badly Budweiser wants to remain as sponsor for the cars driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr.

“Every day I wake up that's what I'm working toward,” Ponturo said this week at The Associated Press Sports Editors annual convention in St. Louis.

“When you have the most popular driver for the past four years, that's something that we helped build. If, and underline the if, that ends up being impossible, we'll talk about Plan B."

Ponturo told that the company would sponsor one driver and one car going forward, seemingly rejecting the notion that it might move the Budweiser brand with Earnhardt Jr. and sponsor another car with another brand at Dale Earnhardt Inc.

http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/5135.html

 

[tidwell]

Makes too much sense for Budweiser.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

I still think we'll see Bud on Jr.'s car but I like the ideal of Monster Energy Drinks myself on it.

 

[doozer]

this couldn't have gone in one of the other 34756238975609265092438750932475 Dale Jr. threads?

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

this couldn't have gone in one of the other 34756238975609265092438750932475 Dale Jr. threads?

Hey now, there is ONLY 8 Jr threads on the first page...lol....they're all about the same thing but...

 

[dantheman617]

I am so sick of hearing about freaking JR...Im still waitin on him to win his first race in what..like 2 yrs?

 

[tidwell]

May 2006

 

[tidwell]

opcorn:

 

[tidwell]

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[tidwell]

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[JennVols]

this couldn't have gone in one of the other 34756238975609265092438750932475 Dale Jr. threads?

Oh hush it!

 

[JennVols]

I am so sick of hearing about freaking JR...Im still waitin on him to win his first race in what..like 2 yrs?

If you are sick of hearing about Dale Jr., why did you take the time to click on a thread that has his name in the title and post in it?

 

[volfan2024]

Oh hush it!

You caught that too JV?Very astute.He missed it by one.:dance2:

 

[Laura]

If you are sick of hearing about Dale Jr., why did you take the time to click on a thread that has his name in the title and post in it?

That makes too much sense.... men live to whine and complain.

 

[Fine Vol]

OK guys, just cause I have Sony on the car does not mean I have Sony in the car.

 

[JennVols]

That makes too much sense.... men live to whine and complain.

I hear ya girl!

 

[doozer]

yeah, because women are absolutely innocent in that department. lol:

 

[JennVols]

yeah, because women are absolutely innocent in that department. lol:

:realmad:

 

[615 Vol]

Junior needs to drive the Pepsi car that Gordon currently runs at Daytona in July. He might get the Mountain Dew sponsor also, I guess they left Kasey Kahne.

 

[doozer]

Junior needs to drive the Pepsi car that Gordon currently runs at Daytona in July. He might get the Mountain Dew sponsor also, I guess they left Kasey Kahne.

Kasey Kahne is racing still?

 

[615 Vol]

Kasey Kahne is racing still?

Kasey is still racing but he no longer has the Mountain Dew sponsor. Because of Hendrick's ties with Pepsi I have heard that Jr. might get Mountain Dew because it is a Pepsi product. Not for sure but it was one of the many rumors.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

tell kasey to go wreck again w/ about 20 laps left