I was Clark Kent at Daytona all weekend but had my eyes open looking for Mets fans.
In a sea of sponsor logos so far this was the only Mets fan I have spotted (look closely at the yellow bag).
You have to understand Nascar – you don’t wear the “jersey” of your favorite driver, you wear something related to his car. Since his car is sponsored, you wear a sponsor logo.
It’s very common to see someone wearing a Cheerios jacket or an M&M’s jacket.
One of the most popular drivers is Dale Earnhardt Junior. Junior used to drive the #8 Budweiser car – so you saw a ton of (actually nice looking) red Bud jackets. Now that Junior drives fro Amp’d, you see a ton of ugly green jackets.
So in a sea of sports attire, where nobody is afraid to walk around in an Aflac jacket, I only found one Mets logo. Not a single Met hat. I guess nobody from Flushing likes NASCAR, except of course for me.
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