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21 Aug 2017, 06:11 (Ref:3760669) | #1 | ||
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Support The Team, Not The Car Brand?
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21 Aug 2017, 06:16 (Ref:3760673) | #2 | |
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21 Aug 2017, 06:50 (Ref:3760678) | #3 | ||
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The article writer is pretty much on the money. Speaking to fans, they're not really Blue-blooded or Red-blooded so to speak like it was a few years ago. They support Red Bull, they support Shell V-Power, regardless what they drive. (Personally I support BJR but that's because of the friendships I have within the team and how I'm treated by them. Same goes for both Tekno and DJR-Penske) It's one of the reasons why I don't like to wear team apparel at the track so I don't show bias to one team and upset the friendships I have with others. (I did wore a Team Vortex shirt on the Sunday at the QR event but that's to reflect sponsorship from my local Caltex with a few projects plus the shirt I was going to wear was a bit too small and didn't realise until I was out the door and putting it on)
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21 Aug 2017, 08:05 (Ref:3760691) | #4 | |
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Support the driver first and foremost. If the team mate wins, that's only just marginally better for me than if another team wins. Manufacturer used to be a big deal but nowadays I couldn't care less.
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21 Aug 2017, 10:35 (Ref:3760723) | #5 | |
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Ask the casual fans, (aka the masses), do a straw poll around your workplace, your non-motorsport related friend group
Brand loyalty, and particularly the Holden vs Ford argument, is still as alive and well as it ever was. |
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21 Aug 2017, 10:37 (Ref:3760725) | #6 | |
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Only have to look at social media to see the amount of immature Ford/Holden sledging, nevermind the personal attacks on the drivers, officials, and teams. Call it passion if you want, but to an outsider looking in, it's a blight on the sport if you ask me.
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21 Aug 2017, 10:58 (Ref:3760731) | #7 | |
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Had to read the whole article to find the author is a disenchanted ex-Ford supporter who prefers Prodrive to DJR Team Penske.
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22 Aug 2017, 02:59 (Ref:3760847) | #8 | ||
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There are some truly horrible things written on social media on occassion. The bit I can't fathom, when it's on FB, do the posters not realise their whole life sits in their profile, and that accompanied by a google search would take probably 10 minutes to find out who they are, where they work & how to take them to court for what they believe to be true, and shared.
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Happy David Thexton Day, 21st March 2003 “I am not uncertain” - Dollar Bill Stern, Billions “Fear stimulates my imagination” - Don Draper, Mad Men “Everybody Lies” - Dr Gregory House |
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I have read some fairly immature posts but certainly they have never seemed offensive. I guess I need to broaden my horizons a little. |
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22 Aug 2017, 08:10 (Ref:3760886) | #11 | |
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Some of it is quite derogatory, even Ms Yates and Ms Crehan get mentioned.
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22 Aug 2017, 14:18 (Ref:3760955) | #12 | ||
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Can't really ban someone from doing something on social media, when you go into a football game you can be pinged for explicitly breaking the conditions on the ticket, or your membership.
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