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We invite you to
sponsor the racing organization of Glandon Motorsports. Our goals are
to race as many races as we can attend throughout the year to promote
your company to the best of our ability.
Throughout the
year we will compete in as many as 22 races in 6 different states.
Your sponsorship
or co-sponsorship is negotiable and very much appreciated. You will
receive publicity and advertising, in addition to logo and product identification
through local and national press coverage. We also display the race
vehicle with special appearances at local trade shows, car shows, malls,
schools and charitable events.
Additional details
about the drag racing truck, the team, and the benefits of sponsorship
are provided below.
We’ll Win
Together!
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Q
What is drag racing?
A
One of the fastest-growing fields of motorsports.
Drivers compete head-to-head in quarter-mile races.
Q
Why should you care?
A More than 1.9 million people attend national, divisional
and local drag racing events each year. Another 200 million
watch the races on TV. Even more read about them in the
newspapers and magazines.
Q
What does this mean to you?
A Drag racing fans are loyal to the sponsor who support
the sport they love. Sponsoring a drag racing team provides
a unique way to reach your customers and make new ones.
Q
What is NHRA?
A The National Hot Rod Association is the world’s
largest
motorsports sanctioning body. NHRA reaches major markets
throughout the country with the Powerade Drag Racing series.
Q
Why Glandon Motorsports?
A We want to get you on the fast track in this rapidly
growing sport by sponsoring a 6 second, 200 mile per hour,
drag racing truck.
WINNING
This is what NHRA is all about…winning sponsors and winning drivers.
People
involved in drag racing have been successful both on and off the track.
Many
companies achieve or surpass their marketing goals through their partnerships
with drag racing teams.
SPORTSMANSHIP
Win or lose, drag racing brings out the best in people. Whether it’s
a handshake at the finish line or helping out another team, drag racers
respect one another.
This
respect is the positive image you want representing you! Let us show
you how Glandon Motorsports image and winning attitude can deliver the
results you are looking for.
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Auto
Racing Sponsorship
Auto racing
is one of the most popular spectator sports in the country and has become
a premier marketing tool for many businesses.
Auto Racing
Sponsorship reaches a valuable and widespread consumer market:
· The average
auto-racing spectator is 18 to 34 years old, affluent, well educated,
and a significant contributor to the consumer marketplace.
· A Harris survey of sports reports that one of every four Americans
in the 21-29 year old age bracket considers him or herself an auto racing
fan.
· Sears Roebuck Co. determined that 75 percent of all males between
the ages of 17 and 34 have been spectators of at least one auto race.
· First National City Travelers Checks estimates that 50 million
potential purchases of their travelers’ checks attracted each
year through automobile racing.
Auto Racing
Sponsorship is an economical and cost-efficient method of advertising:
“The rule of thumb is that putting $1,000 behind a sports
event generates the same exposure as $10,000 in advertising.”
The Wall Street Journal
“This is a good way to advertise. It’s the lowest cost
per thousand [people] that I know of, including networks. It gathers
a group of people that you don’t reach in other ways, and yet
it crosses all of the advertising methods. So we have gotten very good
results.”
Russell Chambers, President/Intermedius (on NBC’s
Telecast of the Michigan 500) |
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Sponsorship Benefits
Your sponsorship
of the Glandon Motorsports Racing Team will benefit you through competition-related
promotion and advertising.
Sponsorship
benefits include:
· Spectators and competitors see and hear your company’s
logo and name during each event.
· Marquee exposure of your company’s logo / name on the
racetruck itself.
· Drivers and crewmembers wear uniforms with your logo / name
at all racing and promotional events.
· Traveling billboard exposure of your company’s logo /
name on team truck and transport equipment.
· Use of racing team to enhance employee relations and client
promotions.
· Monthly Team Newsletter provided as a marketing tool.
Your sponsorship
goes to work for you as soon as your company logo / name or product
identification is professionally displayed on the racecar. In addition,
your company and / or product information can also be displayed on the
drivers’ suits and crew uniforms and shirts.
Consumer-Oriented
Activities:
· Televised use of the Glandon Motorsports team, race car or
truck.
· Newspaper and radio advertising.
· Advertising through our website.
· Year-round press and publicity program.
· Advertising through handouts and t-shirts. |
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Sales-Forced
Activities:
·
Team and racecar / truck attend sales meetings and promotions structured
around racing themes.
· Sales contests related to racing themes and products.
Dealer-Related
Activities:
· Dealer-related point-of-sale presentation kits, theme-oriented
promotions, dealer and race-event give-a-ways, self-liquidation items
(posters, caps, decals, and photos), cooperative advertising arrangements,
dealer group meetings with car / truck / team members present, race
location activities with Gary Glandon and J.D. St. Cyr, and media advertisements.
Visual
Impact:
· The Glandon Motorsports team becomes your team, and displays
your corporate colors and product logo on the car / truck, transportation
vehicles and crew / driver uniforms.
Racing-Related
Programs:
· Increased sales force effectiveness.
· Stimulate dealer interest for a broader distribution.
· Convey a positive race and win public image; easily identified
by customers and supported by your company’s employees.
· Influence consumers to accept your product and seek it out
at the retail level.
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THE
BOTTOM LINE
Pro Modified
Drag Racing Truck
The 1955 Chevy
can be painted from nose to wing
in your design. From the starting line to the finish line, millions
of people will see your company’s name and colors on a
jarring 1,800 horsepower Pro Modified Drag Racing Truck
covering the quarter mile in the 6-second ranges at over 200
miles per hour. When the noise stops and the smoke clears,
the parachutes blossom with your company’s name – bringing
the truck safely to a halt.
Gary Glandon
Team Owner, Tuner, Fabricator and Test Driver
Owner of Southwest Custom Trucks of Apache Jct. AZ.
J.D. St. Cyr
Competition Driver
MSD Pro Mag Engineer
Career Highlights:
El Paso Dragway Super Pro Track Champion 1994
Started racing at the age of 13.
Successfully raced everything from 13 second Street Class cars to 6
second, 200 mile per hour Blown Alcohol Pro Class cars consistently
placing in the top ten in points at 15 local and divisional tracks throughout
the country.
Has been featured in numerous popular magazine articles.
J.D. is known as a Heavy Hitter, well known and very popular
with the fans and other competitors.
J.D. grew up in the footsteps of his father who is known as a legend
of drag racing in their community.
Because every company has different marketing goals and resources, Glandon
Motorsports will work with you to tailor a sponsorship to meet your
needs.
Through
our experience in motorsports, we have seen what works and what doesn’t
in drag racing sponsorships.
Glandon
Motorsports wants your name to be a winner both on and off the track.
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Team
Transport
Moving a drag racing
team from race to race across the
states require an elaborate team transport. This 32-foot
transport trailer can be covered with your name and company
colors, traveling thousands of miles a year grabbing the
attention of motorist where-ever we race. Quite the billboard,
don’t you think? And at the track – these transports become
the workshop for a team throughout the race weekend of drag
racing excitement. A 32-foot awning, embossed with your
company’s name, may be installed to protect the crew from the
sun and rain.
Driver and
Crew:
Drag racing teams operate with a crew of three or four. The
teammembers represent the companies who back them. Each
driver and crewmember proudly wears the uniform of his or
her sponsor. From the driver’s helmet to the transmission
specialist’s work shirt, your logo can be seen by thousands of
racing fans. Camera shots often focus on the crewmembers
feverishly working on the car / truck between rounds.
Talk to us about your goals, and we’ll help you get more mileage
out of your marketing dollar.
Contact us about
your future involvement in drag racing.
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More Exposure:
With drag racing,
fans are not just spectators, they’re more like
participants. People who go to drag races don’t just sit in one spot,
they can tour the teams’ pit areas and get an up close look at the
crewmembers in action. Drivers take the time to meet their fans, pose
for pictures and sign autographs every day of the race. Many fans
collect the free “info handouts” which have photos of the car,
statistics about the driver, and information about the sponsor.
The car / truck can be displayed at shows, expos, or your own
headquarters, an excellent way to promote your company and its
involvement in Drag Racing.
RIDE WITH
A WINNER
“Man has never
invented a vehicle that he hasn’t raced…or used to promote a product.
Automobiles, sailboats, skateboards and bicycles all have been raced
with the stated or implied message: ‘Buy mine and run with a winner.’
But the sport that has made the most out of advertisers’ desires to ride
with a winner is auto racing.”
Advertising Age
Press Coverage:
Your company and product benefits from the personal appearances; press
conferences; media coverage of individual racing events including
television, radio, newspapers, internet and websites, national consumer
magazines, automotive trade magazines, and special-interest automotive
publications.
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Glandon Motorsports Pro Modified
Drag Racing Truck Sponsorship
Levels
Level 1
Single Race Sponsorship $500.00 - $900.00
Single race
sponsorship, contingency size logo on both sides of truck and
sponsorship announcements throughout race.
Level 2 Contingency Sponsorship $1,000.00 - $2,400.00
Sponsorship for
the full race season with contingency size decal on both sides of truck.
Sponsorship announcements throughout race season.
Level 3 Associate Junior Sponsorship $2,500.00 - $4,900.00
Sponsorship for
the full race season with 12 X 12 logos on both sides of race truck as
well as trailer, logo on driver and crew uniforms and all
self-liquidation items. Sponsorship announcements throughout race
season. Advertising on race team website and links to company homepage.
Level 4 Associate Sponsorship $5,000.00 - $9,900.00
Sponsorship for
the full race season with 20 X 20 logos on both sides of race truck as
well as trailer, logo on driver and crew uniforms and all
self-liquidation items. Sponsorship announcements throughout race
season. Advertising on race team website and links to company homepage.
Level 5 Associate Senior Sponsorship $10,000.00 – $49,000.00
Sponsorship for
the full race season with full size company logo on race truck, trailer
sides, driver and crew uniforms and all self-liquidation items.
Advertising on race team website and links to company homepage.
Sponsorship announcements throughout race season. More details to be
worked out with truck owner.
Level 6
Primary Junior Sponsorship $50,000.00 - $99,000.00
Sponsorship for
the full race season, company logos on the doors, hood and bed cover.
Full size logos on trailer, driver and crew uniforms to match company
logo as well as all self-liquidation items. Sponsorship announcements
throughout race season. Advertising on race team website and links to
company homepage. Discounts for multi-year contract. Opportunity to
involve sponsor’s preferred charitable organization or cause. Tickets to
the events including VIP passes where valid. Use of sponsor venue for
launch, main event, or supporting event. More details to be worked out
with truck owner.
Level 7 Primary Major Sponsorship $100,000.00 - $250,000.00
Naming rights
sponsorship (perceived “ownership” of the team), race truck and trailer
painted in company colors and logos along with matching driver and crew
uniforms conforming to company requirements. All self-liquidation items
will bear company colors and logos. Sponsorship announcements throughout
race season. Advertising on race team website and links to company
homepage. Opportunity to involve sponsor’s preferred charitable
organization or cause. Discount for multi-year contract. Company has
merchandising rights and product endorsements. Tickets to the events
including VIP passes where valid. Use of sponsor venue for launch, main
event, or supporting event. More details to be worked out with truck
owner.
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Conclusion
Thank you for taking the time to read over our proposal, if you have any
questions, concerns or ideas, please contact us. We look forward to
working with you and your company.
Thank You!
Gary Glandon
Southwest Custom Trucks
2155 W. Houston
Apache Junction, Arizona 85220
(480) 671-9118

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