I have been off the grid, woodshedding in various locales, squatting in the bushes, preparing for my return to the Internet. If anyone feels like they’ve been stuck in Saigon waiting for a mission, I have one for you…
Become a car racing micro-sponsor! Motorsports sponsor? Isn’t that sort of thing reserved for oil tycoons, rebel billionaires, and guys with yachts? What car? Yes. No. The 1986 BMW 325e that Derek and I are entering into the Magnum Ice Racing Series. Imagine the movie Tokyo Drift, but with less neon, more flannel, and on ice rather than in parking garages. The project has been documented closely, and will be covered in various publications around the physical and virtual world. What is a micro-sponsor you ask? Well, since I can’t expect most of my friends to pony up the thousands of dollars a corporate sponsor would for this project, I would like to offer you the opportunity to get involved in denominations of $18. Micro-sponsors will have their names written on the car in a “tag cloud” style, with largest donors commanding the most surface area. Micro-sponsors will be named in the credits of the finished micro-documentary about the adventure, and in every viral video that goes out about the project. If you have something to promote (an online cooking show?), or just want to pay a small amount of money to have your name immortalized in motor sport legend (can be a fake name, someone else’s name, or a quote under 140 characters), this is your opportunity. Anyone that pays $108 or more can come ride shotgun in a heat race (the passenger seat has a 6 point harness and the car has a full roll cage, so I can be quite sure that no harm will befall you. Can’t guarantee you won’t pee yourself out of excitement.)
Included here is a photo of the unfinished car with a few of the title sponsor’s logos (www.virgingaming.com). This Friday, the car gets picked up from the race shop where the cage is being welded in, and finishing touches are being put on the rest of the vehicle. Final graphics go on next week. Don’t wait too long.
How do you sponsor the vehicle? Click the “donate” widget on the left side of this screen, and Paypal your sponsorship funds to peterwjmiller@mac.com. To be clear…the term “donate” is just part of the widget. We are not a charity. Your money will strictly be channeled into the pursuit of awesomeness. Awesomeness with your name it.
If you have any questions, ask them in the comments section of this page and I will answer them immediately. Perhaps before you finish typing. Release your inner yacht owning rebel billionaire and endow the car racing arts. (see photos of how sponsoring race cars worked out for the gentlemen below …)
Formula 1 team owner Flavio Briatore on his boat, “F.B. One”, with a lady friend.
One of Branson’s companies, “Virgin Gaming”, is the presenting sponsor of the racing machine seen above. By joining as a sponsor, I can personally guarantee that models will be riding you naked while you Kite Surf.
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