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McCrory pulls in Nascar money
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-07-15 11:15
Pat McCrory is doing well with Nascar.
The Republican gubernatorial nominee has picked up at least $70,000 from executives and owners of car-racing businesses and their wives.
Donors include such racing bigwigs as Brian France, chairman and CEO of Nascar; Hendrick Corp. Chairman Rick Hendrick and his wife; Gillett Evernham Motorsports owner Ray Evernham; and team owner Felix Sabates.
He's also received donations from Charles Ricks, Robert Rice and Scott Lampe, executives with Hendrick Motorsports; Greg Fornelli, president of Stock Car Steel; Nascar executives Paul Brooks and Rex Caton; and Marcus Smith, who sits on the board of directors of Speedway Motorsports.
McCrory had a major fundraiser including Nascar driver Brian Vickers and team owners Hendrick and Sabates in February, but he doesn't have the racing vote entirely locked up.
Democratic rival Beverly Perdue had a Nascar fundraiser of her own, headlined by Hendrick, Sabates and Fornelli, back in October.
It's not clear if the Nascar folks have changed lanes or not.
Perdue's Nascar fundraiser
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2007-10-09 10:23
A group of Nascar notables is raising money for Beverly Perdue.
The Oct. 11 fundraiser at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord will take place shortly before the qualifying rounds for the Bank of America 500. Hosts include Nascar president Mike Helton and vice president Marcus Smith and retired driver Junior Johnson.
Tickets to the event range from $250 for an individual to $2,000 for a "Pole Position" and $4,000 for the "Winner's Circle." It lasts from 5 to 7 p.m.
The other hosts are racing promoter H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, team owners Rick Hendrick and Felix Sabates, metals supplier Greg Fornelli, racetrack owner Steve Earwood and Dale Earnhardt's daughter, Kelley Earnhardt-Elledge.
Sabates is an interesting name on the list. A registered Republican, he is a major Nascar political donor and GOP supporter who gave to Gov. Mike Easley in 2000 and 2004.
Update: It's not Perdue's first time at the speedway. As a state senator in the 1990s, she did a lap as a passenger in a Nascar racecar.
