Now this is too cool. A new NASCAR racing team sponsored by Americans who support Israel. Check out the pics at the bottom of the story.
United with Israel at NASCAR!
United with Israel has teamed up with a NASCAR race team whose mission is to spread a message of American support for Israel. Although the “race track” is not a typical venue for pro-Israel advocacy, it will likely become a very effective way to spread positive messages about Israel.
America Israel Racing (AIR) was formed to raise awareness of the importance of America supporting Israel through a unique and very public forum – the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
United with Israel is proud to be a sponsor of this incredible effort to promote grassroots support for Israel through America’s most popular spectator sport. “NASCAR provides an entirely new forum to reach and teach millions of people about the importance of standing with Israel,” says Michael Gerbitz of United with Israel.
The America Israel Racing No. 49 Toyota is driven by JJ Yeley, who finished 26 in last Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 in Phoenix. Yeley currently sits 38th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings.
“This is a critical time in our nation’s history as it pertains to our relationship with Israel,” said Rich Shirey, co-founder of AIR. “As the only true democracy in the Middle East, we feel it is critical that the United States reaffirms its commitment to stand beside Israel.”
AIR partnered with NASCAR veteran Jay Robinson of Robinson-Blakeney Racing for the first three races of 2012 and hopes to continue the relationship throughout the entire NASCAR Sprint Cup season with the support of like-minded individuals AIR will spread its message of American Israeli support by placing a car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup field for the entire 2012 season. Anyone wishing to support America Israel Racing and its cause can make a donation online at AmericaIsraelRacing.com.
“If enough people make a stand, the world will take notice,” said Shirey.
About America Israel Racing
America Israel Racing was formed to raise awareness of the importance of America supporting Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East, as it stands against its enemies. The North Carolina-based race team, founded in 2011, is in the process of fundraising to field a car in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starting with the Daytona 500. Through strategic partnerships and joint ventures with other organizations, America Israel Racing hopes to spread the message throughout the world that the United States supports Israel.
You can visit the America Israel Racing website by clicking here.
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I may start watching NASCAR now. This is cool.
That’s just great. Not enough for me to watch cars going around in a circle for hours but still great.
This is wonderful!!!
Thanks for the topic, Bob!
Who’s gonna drive?
@ Eliana:
Aint it late over there?
@ Rancher:
Nascar aint my thing either. But to each their own.
@ Rodan:
Yeah, it’s going on midnight here!
See email from me!
Thanks!
People are still miffed about NASCAR mgmnt banning the old “General Lee” Dodge Charger Pace Car from the “Dukes of Hazzard” show because it had a Confederate flag on the roof. CAIR will probably try to
have this car banned.
@ Eliana:
Responded.
@ The Osprey:
CAIR and The Left. Charles Johnson will condemn this car as racist. Watch.
Obama’s View of Israel Shaped By Radical Leftist Chicago Rabbi, Sympathizer of Chicago Seven And The PLO…
WOW! And he never bothered to learn if there are any other better perspective
@ Rodan:
Thanks!
@ waldensianspirit:
Doesn’t shock me. Obama is 3rd World Liberation to the core.
I wonder how does one say “Yeee-HAWWWWWW!“ in Hebrew?
CAIR has a car too.
@ Rancher:
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Rancher:
Does it explode halfway through every race when it gets around the most possible cars?
Why oh why couldn’t Tony Stewart be driving this car???
@ Carolina Girl:
Is Tony Stewart Jewish? Just curious….
@ Macker:
I don’t know, but he’s my NASCAR driver and it would be TOO cool if he won. Especially since he also owns the U.S. Army 39 Car.
Carolina Girl wrote:
they need a rabbi with a great accent as a crew chief.
then the protestants should get a car and they can fight amongst themselves about the new rules this year and split off a few times so that they have 6 or 7 teams. the catholics could get a team and claim to be following the original rules. the orthodox can get a team and never apply the new rules and still use carburetors claiming that they are following the original divine fuel delivery and metering mode intended by god. .
@ coldwarrior:
I never asked you this, but, what exactly is your avatar? A Skull & what? 8)
coldwarrior wrote:
And than there’s the Amish Team… L
L
Macker wrote:
a bottle of wine, a cleaned bone, a santoku hochu, and a nakiri bocho
@ Da_Beerfreak:
Talk about your horsepower, and caution flags for “debris” on the track.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
HAHAHAAA!!!
ONE HORSE POWER!
Oh man…..”Jazzman” just came up on the iPod rotation. That song is totally ruined for me now. I can’t listen to it at normal speed anymore since Rodan slowed it down for the radio show….
@ coldwarrior:
That’s funny.
But from here on out don’t golf in bad weather. Lightning, you know./
@ Carolina Girl:
@ coldwarrior:
How about Rav Shmuel?
coldwarrior wrote:
The only true expert on the YeChevy powerplant.
Poteen wrote:
HAHAHA!!!!
i got nothin!
@ coldwarrior:
It’ll run on a new purple alcohol based fuel refined and supplied by Manichewitz.
coldwarrior wrote:
..and the Episcopal team will be the first to have a hybrid engine and allow their driver to marry another driver.
Evening, all.
OK, yinz are having way too much fun with this. lol The car is pretty damn awesome though.
@ coldwarrior:
Pre race benedictions start at 6 am. Race at 2 pm.//
@ NoThreat2U:
“Read” you have been MIA. How are you doing? Good to have you back!
The #49 car. Why not 48?
@ Dolphin:
Well, I had twelve pounds of fluid drained from my gut. They could have gotten more but it started to hurt. May have to do it again, but I am willing because that weight was dragging me down. Got most of my bloodwork done. Seeing the gastro doc Monday to discuss the fluid and what might be in it. And it is nice to be back
Poteen wrote:
perogie making and vespers precede the benediction.
I think i will task myself with learning how to make perogies.
NoThreat2U wrote:
WOW! Welcome back.
@ Brick:
Thank you kindly. It is nice to be back amongst friends. So, what have I missed?
@ NoThreat2U:
WOW! And I thought I was having a bad week. Hope it helped and you are feeling better.
NoThreat2U wrote:
::looking at his feet::
I’m not really sure, because I haven’t been around that much lately either.
@ coldwarrior:
An Israeli NASCAR team. Never would have thunk it. I hope they do well. I really do. I will definitely watch. I hear the driver, JJ Yeley, learned his craft from the great ridge-runner Junior Johnstein./
—I’m sorry but Israeli NASCAR jokes write themselves.—
@ Dolphin:
I do feel much better, but there is still some fluid in there. After awhile, the vacuum effect pulls on the soft tissue and that hurts really bad. I will probably have to do it again. They said they have some patients who get it done at least once a week.
@ Brick:
Well now we are all here…let the festivities begin!! lol
@ Poteen:
Well…Bibi was born in ’49!
NoThreat2U wrote:
find a hunkie church that sells them and volunteer to help make them, then you can learn from the babushka masters!
Poteen wrote:
this will be a never ending source of humor.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Did somebody say…………. Festivities……………..
doriangrey wrote:
Looked like a helluva show. They’ve gotta be pushing 50 and they still sound pretty good.
@ coldwarrior:
I wonder if St. Cecelia’s does it?
Macker wrote:
I was thinking they were just too cheap to buy 48 from whoever has it now.///
--rimshot--
Brick wrote:
Kiss was formed in 1973, so yea, they will be a band for 50 years next year. And they are going out on tour again this year with Motley Crue.
doriangrey wrote:
@ NoThreat2U:
What are perogies?
@ doriangrey:
Try 40. 8)
@ doriangrey:
::minding my own business wondering what college degree DG has hanging on his wall::
Calo wrote:
I would tell you… But my readers don’t magnify enough for me to read the fine print anymore…
doriangrey wrote:
I have a question for the Blogmoc Buckaroo Banzai.
I’m assuming a band makes money from concert appearances, and royalties on music sales. Any other revenue streams? Which of these pays more, generally? I imagine a tour would be cubic dollars of income in a short time frame, while royalties would be a smaller trickle of steadier income assuming the music was found likeable by enough people?
Macker wrote:
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Trying to confuse NT2U…
@ doriangrey:
I can dooz maff
/lurk
@ Dolphin:
Really? They are like an oversized ravioli stuffed with potato and cheese and sometimes other things. First you boil them soft, drop them into a hot skillet with onions. YUM!
CynicalConservative wrote:
That number and symbol stuff is hard. Can’t we just watch a movie instead?
@ NoThreat2U:
Yep! Really! But those sound good!
@ doriangrey:
Too late….I am always confused. Life is easier that way.
And while I’m waiting for my SR1911, I’ve been oogling this… Springfield Long Slide 1911
“Obama, the best gun-seller in a generation.”
/lurk
@ Dolphin:
I really hated them as a kid, but as I got older I devoured them. Not everyone pan frys theirs, I do.
Brick wrote:
Well first of all, there are four types of royalties. there is, 1) Mechanical Replication, which is what you make off each copy sold. 2) Performance which is what you make every time your material is played on the Radio or Television and 3) Cabaret, which is what you make when a cover band plays your song in a club and 4) Publication, which is what you make when your material is transcribed and published in a book.
1) Mechanical Replication royalties pretty much end when your album/CD stops selling and depending on your contract can represent the bulk of your earnings unless like Kiss or the Rolling Stones you endure as a band forever. Or unless like the Grateful Dead you tour right up until you drop dead.
2) Performance royalties depend entirely on where your recording tracks on the music charts, and if it charts in the top 40 will be your longest running, but not highest revenue source.
3) Cabaret royalties depend on how popular you became with both the general public and other musicians and you pretty much have to have cracked the top 40 to receive them, and they generally speaking are a pittance.
4) Publication royalties are nice, if you are popular enough to have people want to learn to play your material, but generally don’t earn you a whole lot. Almost more of a vanity industry for musicians.
Touring can be profitable, very very profitable, but is only possible if you can stand the people in your band enough to, well actually tour with them. The advantage to touring, is that you can do it for a very long time after you have peaked in sales and radio airtime.
Depending on how savvy you are there are also other revenue streams available, books, speaking engagements, seminars, movie and TV roles.
CynicalConservative wrote:
Ohhhhhhhhh Shiny……………. <—- get's all confused and distracted…
@ doriangrey:
That comes with age
@ doriangrey:
Oh… And I left out Merchandising… which Gene Simmons of KISS is the undisputed master of, well that and self-promotion…
NoThreat2U wrote:
You trying to get a spanking little girl…
@ doriangrey:
*snort* Yeah, that’s what I’m going for.
NoThreat2U wrote:
I always figured you for a naughty girl…
@ doriangrey:
I am as bad as I wanna be
NoThreat2U wrote:
ROTFLMAO… I bet you are…
@ doriangrey:
See, God made me get sick because he knew I might go out of control at any moment. lol lol
@ doriangrey:
What’s even worse is that my daughter is just like me. And right now my sister is in town. At any other time I would tell you to be happy you are on the opposite coast. lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
You, your daughter and your sister all in one place at the same time…
CynicalConservative wrote:
Pssst… Hey, Señor; do you want to see some dirty pictures?
@ huckfunn:
Lovely…
/lurk
doriangrey wrote:
I applied to rockstar school but didn’t get accepted.
And, thank you for the inside education.
Poteen wrote:
5 time NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson already drives the LOWE’S 48 car, and has for years.
waldensianspirit wrote:
J.J. Yeley. He came over to NASCAR from racing Indy cars.
Poteen wrote:
Nah -- Jimmie Johnson always fucks up early in the season.