tooltime34 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Has anyone heard what and where Casey Smith is racing this year? Last I heard he was trying to get Truck/busch ride through a marketing company. Has anything changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertx Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 News to come soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooltime34 Posted March 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 News to come soon Yeah I've heard that for the last month. What does soon mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubletrouble Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Was looking at his web site the other day,it said he was taking time off to get new buisness going.Something about trying to sell of ASA stuff(no more ASA I guess) And waiting for a Busch deal to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Anyone who talks about what they've got in the works in racing before the contracts are signed is an idiot. This is a cutthroat business, and your competition will try to steal your sponsors every chance they get. What's worse, they tend to go after the same sponsors who are already involved in racing, rather than try to break some new ground, and get some new sponsors in the sport. (I was in the office of one local sponsor recently, and he pointed to about a dozen sponsorship requests on his desk, noting that those were just the ones that had come in that week.) I think Casey does have something working other than selling his ASA stuff, as some people are planning to run a new series in the midwest for those same cars (check 51sportsracing.com), but the Smiths ain't talking until they have something to talk about. They also aren't the only ones with deals pending... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Aw come on, TQ. Spill the beans. None of us would try to steal Casey's new sponsor. We're all good guys. Honest! Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Nick, I don't know if Casey has a new sponsor or not, I just know they are still working on something. I was speaking generally about chasing sponsors someone else already has, or about trying to get in ahead of them when you hear they are already working a deal. When it comes to trying to get money, racers sometimes aren't any more ethical than anyone else. It's also a bad idea to try to "steal" sponsors because it tends to irritate the sponsor, maybe to the point of deciding this "racing thing" isn't worth their time at all. When you were working for the newspaper, I'm sure you had the experience of doing a story on one driver, then having others complain either to you or to your boss because you didn't do a story on them, even though you might not have ever heard of the complaining drivers. Along that line, the Fox channel in Austin did a nice job on the dirt track in Killeen the last couple of weeks. Funny, though. That wasn't their first choice. They were unable to contact their first choice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORSEPOWER Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Check out his website for the latest. http://www.caseysmithonline.com/News_Off_S...te_3_17_05.html I wonder why we don't receive these press releases on Texas Speedzone? Chris Davidson also has several releases on his web site. http://www.turnermotorsportsonline.com/ Maybe it's for the national audience, because we should know these things being from Texas. I'm a big fan of our Texas racer's and like to stay informed of future plans or big races they are planning on racing. I only hope for the best for our fellow Texan's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Those releases probably aren't on Speedzone because whoever is writing the releases isn't submitting them to Speedzone. I'm sure they'd be posted, as we are all interested in Texas racers no matter where they race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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