Adult Entertainment Industry and Racing

Click to read entire post.  "I personally know that Phil wanted only Marsha to be in charge of the coffee. I personally know that just before Phil died that Russ was trying to convert the Captain Phil website to a site where he could promote his own racing interests."

From Farzad's F1 Gallery Message Board 6/26/2007

       

"by MonteCristo » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:46 am

Sponsor news.... *cough*

AVN Racing to Debut at Erotica LA
By: Peter Warren
Posted: 8:00 am PDT 6-21-2007

LOS ANGELES - AVN Media Network has joined forces with Sports & Entertainment International (SEI) to launch AVN Racing, a professional racecar team representing the adult industry. Owned and managed by SEI Racing Enterprises, the team will enter the Champ Car World Series next year. The car itself will be displayed in an AVN Racing booth at Erotica LA this weekend (June 22 - 24), at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The Champ Car World Series is an open-wheel racecar series with races in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia that are broadcast to over 110 countries worldwide. Domestically, the races are broadcast on NBC, CBS, ABC and ESPN.

"This [is] a major development for the adult entertainment industry," SEI president Russ Herriott stated to AVN.com, "as it would be a featured sports marketing initiative for the industry, with the AVN brand and the brands of the other companies being displayed next to Fortune 500 companies that compete and participate in the series."


The idea for AVN Racing came about when Herriott visited the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) during his trip to the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. SEI, a 15-year-old firm, consults corporations on utilizing professional auto racing as a marketing outlet, and Herriott saw the potential for adult to pursue that avenue.


"The sheer amount of fans that were there, the enthusiasm they had for meeting the stars, participating and looking at what that industry was about, kind of impressed me from the perspective that it was more exciting than the CES show," Herriott explained. "That got me thinking about the possibility for an AVN-sponsored team to go out and race in a international series to promote the adult entertainment industry."

Added AVN Media Network CEO Darren Roberts, "AVN Racing is a concept ready to hatch. This is an outrageous sponsorship opportunity for adult companies to extend their brands to both the U.S. and abroad. More important, it's a way for the studios to reach out to their fan base in much the same way that FedEx, Budweiser, Sprint and other top brands utilize NASCAR."

In addition to the actual car, the AVN Racing Booth at Erotica will offer AVN Racing apparel for sale, a host of adult starlets signing autographs and taking pictures, and appearances by rocker Dave Navarro, who will be there shooting video for his new internet show Spread Entertainment.

A webpage for AVN Racing is under development at avnracing.com.

From Grandprix.com,
posted by tifosi77 on Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:45 am

Be warned, thar be grown up content behind them thar links.
CLICK TO VIEW. ADULT MATERIAL!!!
http://www.avn.com/

For those of you who don't know, AVN stands for 'Adult Video News'. You know how when an actor receives an Oscar they say "I'd like to thank the Academy"? Well, AVN is sorta the 'academy' for the porn industry.
Personally, I have no problem with porn, as I'm sure anyone familiar with my posting history in the BOTD2 thread already knows. However, this is an extremely daring move for Champ Car. (Altho it should be noted that there is no official announcement from CCWS on this as yet) Many major companies shied away from motor racing sponsorships when tobacco money was involved, how do they all think this will play out?