{"id":5501,"date":"2014-05-06T15:09:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2014-05-06T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T22:15:13","slug":"weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/","title":{"rendered":"Weirdest Sponsors in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/doge-coin-nascar-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399412026&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Doge Coin NASCAR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5510\" alt=\"Doge Coin NASCAR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar-001-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s debut of Phil Parsons Racing&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dogecoin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dogecoin<\/a> NASCAR at Talladega Superspeedway has inspired us to put together a list of the weirdest sponsors in motorsports history.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of our favorite out-of-place sponsorships, in no particular order:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"619,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399412237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roscoes Chicken and Waffles Porsche\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5502\" alt=\"Roscoes Chicken and Waffles Porsche\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles.jpg\" width=\"619\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/roscoes-chicken-and-waffles-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roscoe&#8217;s Chicken and Waffles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Southern California chain of restaurants that serve delicious fried chicken and waffles, made famous by rapper Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5503\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/1971_porsche_917-20_pink_pig_004_6310\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chuck Andersen&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S3Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Rennsport Reunion IIINovember 2-4 2007Daytona International RacewayThe \\&quot;Pink Pig\\&quot; the only 917-20&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1182189403&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a92007 Chuck Andersen&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0055555555555556&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1971 Porsche Pink Pig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5503\" alt=\"1971 Porsche Pink Pig\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310-638x351.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1971_Porsche_917-20_Pink_pig_004_6310-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pork<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love a nice slice of bacon in the mornings?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/spam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HP Scanjet djf4100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spam NASCAR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5504\" alt=\"Spam NASCAR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spam-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other pork? Nobody really knows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/butt-paste\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399412333&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boudreaux&amp;#8217;s Butt Paste NASCAR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5506\" alt=\"Boudreaux's Butt Paste NASCAR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste-638x351.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/butt-paste-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boudreaux&#8217;s Butt Paste<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because nobody likes diaper rash.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/weirdest-sponsors-in-motorsports\/kim-kardashian-is-co-grand-marshall-at-the-nascar-shelby-american-sprint-cup-series-race-at-las-vegas-motor-speedway-in-las-vegas-nv-on-february-28-2010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 RD\\\/ Erik Kabik\\\/ Retna Digital&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Kim Kardashian and NASCAR #36 Mike Bliss Sephora Fragrance Racecar that she has sponsered pictured at the NASCAR Shelby American Sprint Cup Series Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV on February 28, 2010. Kim was named the 2010 Race Co-Grand Marshall (Caroll Shelby is the Grand Marshal) and she announed &#039;Gentlemen Start Your Engines&#039; before the race. \\u00a9 RD\\\/ Erik Kabik\\\/ Retna Digital&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267315200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 RD\\\/ Erik Kabik\\\/ Retna Digital&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Kim Kardashian is co- Grand Marshall at The NASCAR Shelby American Sprint Cup Series Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV on February 28, 2010&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kim Kardashian NASCAR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5507\" alt=\"Kim Kardashian NASCAR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kim-kardashian-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Kardashian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. Just no.<\/p>\n<p>What are some of the strangest motorsports sponsorship deals you&#8217;ve ever seen? Post your favorites in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Check out some of the strangest sponsorship deals in motorsports history.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[127,814,815],"class_list":["post-5501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nascar","tag-sponsors","tag-weirdest-sponsors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/doge-coin-nascar1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-1qJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5501"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5516,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions\/5516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}