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Originally Posted by Greg Hill
Some of the best promotion in the past was hauling our cars around on open trailers. i wouldn't want to go back to an open trailer but it did let people see what you had.
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My dragpak spent the majority of the summer touring the east on its open trailer. From Bristol to MA, from MA to NY, two weekends in a row, to NH and back to MD then on to Indy, from Indy to Columbus and back from Indy to Reading, then back to MA, then from MA to NH and back.
I think it was close to 4,000 miles from June to October. All of those stickered up, just about every gas stop drew questions, and comments....It does slow the gas stop down a bit, but car fans deserve your cars tale and orgin. Along with the unique stickers on the side that make it what it is.....For mine its MR2 Mike Roth built, a A&A RickAllison Tranny, a ATI converter, Motor by Jeff Taylor, a AME controller, Hoosier tire, Bogart rims, Mark Williams brakes, Comp Cams cam, manley springs, and of course Mopar everything else......Along with all the other sponsors who pay the winners and runner ups the Jegs, Summits, prestones, etc.
I can tell you I look at each and every race car on a open trailer or rollback. Its nice to see them out on road. I also notice every one of the Nascar trailers on their way up to Loudon each time they come here to the North. I remember getting a thrill out of seeing race cars on the road when I was a little kid in Tennessee not far from Bristol back in the 70's.
At the races, the paying customers troll the pits, and will engage you in conversations, questions, want to take pictures, crawl under the car, I let little kids get in the drivers seat too..Open the doors up and the trunk to show them the craftmanship, etc parts....My poor suffering spouse had to wait while I talked to a drag racing fan about this and that, and yes that made us later to dinner, etc.
One thing that just came to me, was some of the conversations I had with people who USED to be involved, extremely informed, racers and crew members from the 60, 70's and 80's who can clearly remember the way things used to be.
Eric