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Michigan Basketball presents "Nascar Night" Feb 21st
Fastball right down the middle. Do your worst:
February 13, 2006
"NASCAR Night" Slated for Feb. 21 Contest vs. Illinois
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan Athletic Department and the Michigan International Speedway have teamed up for "NASCAR Night" when the Wolverine men's basketball team hosts Illinois Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Crisler Arena.
"NASCAR Night" will feature a Michigan-branded mini-NASCAR model car, which will be given away free to the first 4,000 fans in attendance at the game. Also, there will be various ticket giveaways for 2006 MIS events, including a pair of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series tickets, and a fan hospitality package.
"We couldn't be any happier with the MIS partnership," said U-M assistant athletic director Mark Riordan. "Our fans will be exposed to what MIS has to offer and we hope to bring some MIS fans in to see what a great time they can have at a Michigan basketball game."
"The University of Michigan has always had great tradition within their collegiate athletic programs and we are excited about the opportunity to have a presence during a classic basketball matchup between Michigan and Illinois," said MIS director of marketing Keith Karbo.
In addition to the giveaways throughout the night, MIS commemorative posters will be available to fans who visit the MIS display located on the main Crisler Arena concourse. The MIS pace car will also be on display for viewing outside of Crilser Arena's Gate B (southwest side).
For those who fans who are not one of the first 4,000 to receive the Michigan-branded mini-NASCAR model car, fans will be able to order the model car for $5 by calling (734) 615-2025.
Michigan's game against Illinois will be air nationally on ESPN and will have a 7 p.m. tipoff. A limited number of tickets remain and are available for purchase by calling the U-M Athletic Ticket Department at 1-866-296-MTIX or by ordering online.
Contact: Clark Riley (734) 647-1261
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02-13-2006, 08:03 PM
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02-13-2006, 08:06 PM
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02-13-2006, 08:07 PM
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02-13-2006, 08:08 PM
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02-13-2006, 08:09 PM
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God, they don't make my job any easier over here now do they.
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Next promotion.....Wal-Mart night.
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02-13-2006, 08:09 PM
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I gotta give them credit, they know their fan base. Downriver Domestic Abuser Night wouldn't be a bad promotion idea.
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02-13-2006, 08:10 PM
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"NASCAR Night" will feature a Michigan-branded mini-NASCAR model car, which will be given away free to the first 4,000 fans in attendance at the game.
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Well, there's no possibility that those will be thrown on the floor if there's a bad call.
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02-13-2006, 08:10 PM
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I laugh at this because I am among the growing number if white collar NASCAR fans.
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02-13-2006, 08:11 PM
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I laugh at this because I am among the growing number if white collar NASCAR fans.
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Isn't that a paradox? 
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02-13-2006, 08:12 PM
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Well, there's no possibility that those will be thrown on the floor if there's a bad call.
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Oh my.
It'll be like that little metal MIS car that I gave you at the race last year. Those things could do some damage.
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02-13-2006, 08:12 PM
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 How many mini-NASCAR model cars will make it on the basketball floor this should be fun to watch
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02-13-2006, 08:13 PM
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Isn't that a paradox? |
Used to be.
You'd be shocked at the people who attend the races these days. Of course there are tons of 'necks but there are some big money peeps as well.
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02-13-2006, 08:13 PM
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Sad we're premoting a different sport at a basketball game Reply
Non UM related, at least.
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kdog22
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You need butts in the seats Reply
This is a good move to get more people out there. Whatever it takes to paper the house.
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I think the RCMB will have fun with this* Reply
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if this is truly a marketing move, it is the wrong time to do it Reply
that game will sell out anyway
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I agree. Still, sad though* Reply
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that game would have been sold out anyway Reply
that is a big game. They should have done it for Purdue
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you're overestimating our fans.* Reply
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They want people to actually show up* Reply
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I think we sold out Wisconsin and a lot of people got tickets to Reply
Illinois to.
They can't give away people's tickets who simply don't show up in the blue section.
Though I wish they would.
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blue hairs won't show up for THAT* Reply
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Not bluehairs, kids or subway alumni Reply
People who aren't necessarily hard cores who have tickets and might not show up. We've wanted marketing improvement. NASCAR is huge in Michigan, and this is a damn good move.
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WISC was a Saturday game coming off the MSU win. Reply
Illinois game is a Tuesday nighter with the team on a bit of a slide.
It only takes one loss for most U-M basketball fans to have a great excuse not to show up.
I'd be shocked if we sold it out. Pathetic, but true.
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02-13-2006, 08:14 PM
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I smell a WWE event with Kurt Angle and Undertaker bobbleheads for the first 5000 ticket holders next!
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c'mon Space don't you collect little toy NASCAR cars? you know you want one
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02-13-2006, 08:35 PM
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I just wish it was a Dodge or Chevy....
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will the girls of the "maize rage" be lifting their shirts...
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They might actually sell this game out.
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Lay off Downriver...but this is just too funny...now imagine if they had Nascar day at Michigan Stadium.
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Canham must be rolling over in his grave. Brooklyn is closer to Ann Arbor than East Lansing thank God.
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Hey Izzone directors, get this in the newsletter for saturday!
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