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Topic: WOO T-Shirt Trailers Have Helped And Hurt The Fans
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June 23, 2020 at
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Posted By: Sonicman1 on June 22 2020 at 04:21:02 PM
I'm so tired of racing shirts being 100% cotton. Cheap heat pressed tshirts. You can make dri fit ones now that are just as inexpensive to mass produce. First driver that starts making nice dri fit material shirts has my business and fan support.
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Hugeeeee +1 on this!
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June 24, 2020 at
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June 24, 2020 at
08:12:16 AM by Murphy
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Posted By: Sonicman1 on June 22 2020 at 04:21:02 PM
I'm so tired of racing shirts being 100% cotton. Cheap heat pressed tshirts. You can make dri fit ones now that are just as inexpensive to mass produce. First driver that starts making nice dri fit material shirts has my business and fan support.
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Maybe an enterprising team needs to make a pitch to get a sponsorship from Under Armour.
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June 24, 2020 at
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Posted By: Speedbump on June 22 2020 at 03:42:05 PM
It has always bugged me that the t-shirt trailers close up before the fans file out. I like to buy t-shirts and things on my way back to the car so that I don't have to carry them around all night.
There must be another reason other than to hurry up and get on the road because it happens everywhere, even if they are parked in the same place the very next night. I'm not sure how many t-shirts I would own if they did stay open after the races, but I can think of several times that I WOULD have bought a shirt if I could have on my way out.
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I know that many of the T-shirt trailers are ran by the wives/girlfriends of the drivers. They will miss the majority of the show, but will get to watch the A-main. Makes perfect sense to me on why they would close early.
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June 25, 2020 at
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Posted By: jwin on June 23 2020 at 07:52:31 PM
Hugeeeee +1 on this!
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I agree having nicer shirts is something I gravitate towards, however don't be so quick to jump on the dri fit train.
Some of the performance shirts will stick to you. Think about how many colors are on a polyester / performance tee... ALOT. So now you have this really soft slick light weight shirt with a lot of ink on it. If there was a design that had sponsors on it, where it wasn't a big area of ink, like most do, then it would probably feel better.
Performance shirts are harder to print b/c of they react differently to heat when printing. Some of the nicer "drifit' crew shirts are sublimated but they're also expensive, and aren't worth the risk to drivers of buying them.
If you're looking for nicer shirts, some of the drivers are selling nicer ring spun shirts that are lighter weight. I'd rather have those than the dri fit, under armour style shirt.
Kyle Larson was selling a triblend shirt, which is a cotton poly blend. I've seen other drivers selling higher quality shirts too that are use ringspun cotton or triblends. Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Kyle Larson, to name a few. I'm sure Jordan Swindell does as well.
Keep It Real
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June 25, 2020 at
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Posted By: saphead on June 22 2020 at 03:58:16 PM
I miss the days when you had to work for that t-shirt, you had to fight for it. You had to get down into the pits along side the pit lizards trying to snag motel keys, and get in line at that curbside trailer door. The really fancy set-ups had a glass case built in to the door. But most had a dirt covered shirt hanging on the rear of the trailer on display. Smart people like me would scope them out with binoculars during the night to see who had the hot new designs. And hopefully the crew guy could find one in your size at the bottom of a plastic tote half crushed underneath a spare axle assembly. Those were the days.
And while we're at it. There should be 1 maybe 2 shirt design options MAX. And maybe 1 hat choice. That's it. That's enough.
Now I'm done.
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I agree......problem today is I'm 56yr. And would get roughed up and only have a now, filthy t-shirt I came to race in.
You bring up fond memories of my childhood in the pits tho.
From central coast of Cali.
Peace, Out.
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