Scientology is Newest NASCAR Sponsor

[Shakey]

Thought you folks would like this one!

Tom Cruise came to Charlotte in 1989 to film "Days Of Thunder." Little did we know that someday his idealogy would come zooming back to NASCAR as a sponsor.

Racin' fans, brace yourselves for some couch-jumping news: Scientology is ridin' shotgun.

A No. 27 red Taurus emblazoned with "DIANETICS" and featuring the volcano from the cover of L. Ron Hubbard's book has been tearing around California's Irwindale Speedway.

(No word on whether the car can fix itself; Cruise recently bragged that wife Katie Holmes needed no anti-depressants for her post-partum depression.)

NASCAR is decidedly reluctant to comment on scientology's sponsorship. "This has generated a lot of interest the past few days," NASCAR PR man Scott Warfield tells me. Not surprisingly, he didn't want to say much more. "It's not really something we want to comment on. It's a minor league, small-team sponsorship deal."

Yes, and it's also the weirdest sponsorship since Boudreaux's Butt Paste, the diaper-rash cream that began sponsoring a Busch Series car in 2005.

Driver Kenton Gray, of La Verne, Calif., will drive the DIANETCS car Saturday in its official debut in a NASCAR Weekly Series race in Irwindale.

Gray spouts Scientology praise with enthusiasm that would make the celebrity couple known as TomKat proud:

"'Dianetics' is a book that helped me in many ways since I first read it many years ago. It helped me get better control over the obstacles I had to get through to reach goals I was passionate about. It's a great honor to have a sponsor relationship that's so directly related to my making it this far." (In a truly bizarre scene in March, Gray appeared at the Irwindale track with the voice of Bart Simpson, Nancy Cartwright.)

The publisher of "Dianetics" is also putting together a Web site called dianeticsracing.com.

The Jehovah's Witnesses could not be reached for comment about any possible NASCAR sponsorship.

[Chargen69]

hey, if they pay money, we know NASCAR will take it

[BB1]

Damm there goes the competition, I think they have warp 10.

[Dale The Bold]

If I sell crack, can I pay to advertise that on a car?

[Ponch ®]

hey, if they pay money, we know NASCAR will take it

I go to Irwindale Speedway on a regular basis, and I've seen everything from the Dodgers to Jesse James' West Coast Choppers to Spearmint Rhino Strip clubs on the hoods and quaters of cars.

Too bad I can't go this weekend (theyre having figure 8's too), otherwise I'd show up dressed up like Xenu.

[Lowprofile]

hey, if they pay money, we know NASCAR will take it

I go to Irwindale Speedway on a regular basis, and I've seen everything from the Dodgers to Jesse James' West Coast Choppers to Spearmint Rhino Strip clubs on the hoods and quaters of cars.

Too bad I can't go this weekend (theyre having figure 8's too), otherwise I'd show up dressed up like Xenu.

I would pay to see that!    hahaha

NASCAR is nothing more then a coven of whores who spread their legs for the almighty $$$$$$. I mean really, what do you expect from the France family & all the corprate sluts who sip ice tea in their multi-million dollar luxury boxes while Billy Bob Redneck pays a few hundred dollars for seats, $25-35 dollars for a t-shirt, and god only knows how much for a beer & a hot dog. Money is their god.

  OK, I'M done. 

[ChargerBill]

NASCAR won't comment...maybe that's because scientology has a track record of threatening, suing, scare tacticts, death threats, etc... in response to ANY negative press or commentary. I think NASCAR could comment as long as they don't say anything like,"Scientology is a cult, scientologists are whacked, scientology brainwashes it's members, scientologists are certifiably nuts, or scientology is self help out of control, etc..."...I know that I would try to be careful not to say any of those things.

[RD]

it does not affect me one way or another.

[Ponch ®]

NASCAR won't comment...maybe that's because scientology has a track record of threatening, suing, scare tacticts, death threats, etc... in response to ANY negative press or commentary. I think NASCAR could comment as long as they don't say anything like,"Scientology is a cult, scientologists are whacked, scientology brainwashes it's members, scientologists are certifiably nuts, or scientology is self help out of control, etc..."...I know that I would try to be careful not to say any of those things.

easy there Bill...I heard John Kunkel is an Operating Thetan XIII and he might report your posts.

[ChargerBill]

easy there Bill...I heard John Kunkel is an Operating Thetan XIII and he might report your posts.

I think I just pi$$ed my....oh wait, that's just sweat running down my crack... 

[John_Kunkel]

The Jehovah's Witnesses could not be reached for comment about any possible NASCAR sponsorship.

Tit for tat, I'm sure Carl Rove's mind is spinning with ideas.

I heard John Kunkel is an Operating Thetan XIII

Uh-uh, Thetans believe in something, not the way of a card-carrying Atheist.

[mikepmcs]

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By lowprofile

I would pay to see that!    hahaha
NASCAR is nothing more then a coven of whores who spread their legs for the almighty $$$$$$. I mean really, what do you expect from the France family & all the corprate sluts who sip ice tea in their multi-million dollar luxury boxes while Billy Bob Redneck pays a few hundred dollars for seats, $25-35 dollars for a t-shirt, and god only knows how much for a beer & a hot dog. Money is their god.
  OK, I'M done. 

Beer 6+ hot dog 3.25, if you wanna bun it's extra. Me and my bud Rob went to a Pocono race 2 years ago and got the Club Seating(free food, drink all day)  It reminded me of, well let's just say it wasn't worth what we spent.  It was fun though in the RV park.  We couldn't find a place to park the saturday before the race and the guy in the track saw we were military and he escorted us around everyone and we got in the RV parking on the track for free.  That made it all worth it.  CRAAAAZY Weekend!!!

[bull]

Tom must be elated with the news. That or he's crazy. It's hard to tell the difference.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

Ah, Irwindale.  Lemme know if you see that car there, Ponch.

[Afflyer]

I think I just pi$$ed my....oh wait, that's just sweat running down my crack... 

Bunch of freaks...