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Whats with changing Brocks Skyline to Dick Smith Skyline for 50th bathurst
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You said it. But as long as the cockroach is running the show and the V8's are owned by venture capitalists that's all it will ever be about.....
People like Cochbrain think the kids will never know the difference.
Shame on Dick Smith for allowing his name to be prostituted in this way for a buck or two in the chain store door.
I'm not sure Dick Smith himself would deride the name of another on those terms.
Dick Smith (the man) has absolutely no say in what Dick Smith (the business) does as he sold out years ago. It's part of Woolworths now.
So no shame on him.
I doubt it will last that long ...
Methinks they might need quite a bit of paint to keep up with it [crackup]
Not concerned myself, as I don't ever use add-on or sponsor names anyway.
I always wondered why they named that part of the track after him, but I am never likely to use his name in front of the word 'Skyline', so don't care...It's not like I ever even referred to the main straight at QLD Raceway as 'Johnson Straight' either.
I always wondered why they named that part of the track after him, but I am never likely to use his name in front of the word 'Skyline', so don't care...It's not like I ever even referred to the main straight at QLD Raceway as 'Johnson Straight' either.
it's the same with most people Quasi, But you gotta remember how many brain dead Holden fans there is out there that don't have the capacity for rational thoughts and will just paint over it Cause it's "Ruining Peter Brocks legacy"[crackup]
Dick Smith stands on high moral ground with his buy australian made campaign when his namesake which he sold for mega bucks wouldn't probably have more than 1% if anything made in Australia in the shop.
In this instance i believe the business whomever owns it ( woolies, i think you're right) is using Dick smith's Australian personality to sponsor an iconic australian race.
I said Shame on Dick because he is one smart guy who would have seen this coming, and profited out of it anyway.[rt]
I went to a dinner with him as speaker that cost 250 a head for charity, he sure does have some insight, but I guess you're right , he may not have guessed they'd arbitrarilly use his good name in quite such disrespectful circumstances.
Racin Jason
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I understand the need to pay the bills and advertising is a big part of that. Is this the first step in Archer Capital's push to make as much coin as possible in a short period before selling off what is left????? I'm not a Brock fan by any stretch but I think this is one that is a little disrespectful.
to be frank, I've never thought of Skyline as Brock's Skyline. Ever. I don't know that tagging it with Brock's name every had any particular reference, and no disrespect to Brock or his legacy intended at all. Certainly, the other "named" parts of the track had good reason (at least to my thinking) for the titles; Walter J McPhillamy owned much of the land up the top there, and donated it to the cause, Tom Sulman died at Bathurst (albeit on Conrod), and had been part of the furniture for 1,000 years... Conrod (or Con-Rod, as it originally was) was an apt name for a section of road that presumable saw any number of such items litter its verges over the time... Forrest's Elbow carried the name of a bike rider who ground the tips off his elbows there in a bike crash in the late 40's. I never knew from whence Griffin's Bend derived its name, but I always knew it as GTX anyway...
Hardies Hero
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Griffins Bend was originally named after the Mayor of Bathurst in the 1930's.
It was his idea to build a scenic tourist drive around what was once known as Bald Hills.
It was his idea to build a scenic tourist drive around what was once known as Bald Hills.
I'm with Henry on this, it's been done for years where advertisers take over naming rights for corners or straights for particular events. It's not a permanent change, to me it's still Skyline, not Brock Skyline.
I don't see any disrespect in what they are doing, if you did you would have to say the same about the rest of the famous sections of the circuit that are called something different for the event.
Just my opinion.
I don't see any disrespect in what they are doing, if you did you would have to say the same about the rest of the famous sections of the circuit that are called something different for the event.
Just my opinion.
I guess it's a case of where do you actually draw the line in the end, the race has it's own Naming sponsor after all, . . . . . but my guess is we wouldn't be too pleased if our kids went to pre school and the teacher comes out with "here's grade one brought to you by Macdonalds" or they hit high school and turn up in Biology sponsored by Naked condoms or something, ,. . . . . or maybe i'm just getting too old and cranky,. . . maybe
