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    Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
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    Image of QADude QADude
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    I saw the round they had in San Francisco a couple of years ago during Fleet Week. Just incredible flying skills - talk about amazing. They had a tough course in San Francisco as well, which caused a couple of disqualifications.
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    06/12/09

    @QADude: Going down Lombard street with something as wide as a plane must be tricky. Wait, What?
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    These Air Races are a permanent fixture on my DVR. I just can't stop watching them.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    06/12/09

    @Sloop_John_B: I became addicted after less than 5 minutes of viewing. Seriously talented pilots doing crazy shit? Sign me up! (to watch)
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    Image of 03SVT Defender of SUVs, friend to the douche 03SVT Defender of SUVs, friend to the douche
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    In the interests of equal time, I think Planeopnik deserves it's own QOTD, to wit:
    What plane would you dragon?
    After all, we all know dragons can fly, right?
    My answer:
    prop-driven: Vought Corsair
    jet: Phantom F-4
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/12/09

    @03SVT Defender of SUVs, friend to the douche: Easy
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    06/12/09

    @SCROGGS!!: I'm not really interested in planes, but that black spy (?) plane is seriously impressive. The Concorde is not bad either.
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    It's all fun and games until someone crashes.


    Just like drinking Red Bull.

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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    Totally unrelated: Megan Fox is being interviewed on French TV right now. Yowza!
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    06/12/09

    @franzouse: And the Video link is coming, right. Right?
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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    06/12/09

    @franzouse: Is she being interviewed by Melissa Theuriau?
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    @Joshman wants a room at Maison Blanche: I wish!
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    @Dwegmull, preview free since March 2009.: [www.canalplus.fr]


    The show is "Le grand Journal" and the clip is called "la suite 1".

    Unfortunately Shia leblumbloo or wtv does most of the talking (that ass), but her dress more than makes up for it.

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    Detroit gives you beatiiings!
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    Air racing is cool. It's got this '30s Hughesian Sky Pirates and Zeppelins air to it.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    I feel like you wouldn't fly very well if you were all jacked up on Red Bull.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    It still amazes me how Red Bull can make so much money. I mean, Dbl VRBs only make up a small portion of all the drinks I see in clubs...
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    Image of GTI_MK5 GTI_MK5
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1:


    agreed. they have a team in just about any motor sport you can think of. how do they do it?

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1: Oh you are making me thirsty... Jager/redbull is a popular drink here too.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/12/09

    @Prius Racing Fanatic: I guess we know what the award for today's COTD is gonna be. Somebody remember come 5 pm.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    @GTI_MK5: They spend more on advertising the product than on producing it and 80% of their advertising budget is spent on sports. But the founder, Dietrich Mateschitz, is one of Austria's richest men and just about the biggest gearhead you'll ever meet. To give you an idea, for a while he use to drive a monstrous Pinzgauer around Vienna.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1: I think we might actually have one of those in the Jalop liquor cabinet. Better check...
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    06/12/09

    @GTI_MK5: Not only that, but they have their own air force! A couple years ago, they even bought "White Lightnin'" a P-38 unlimited air racer that was in the midst of a repair job after crashing about a year previous.



    They've got jets, passenger planes, fighters, you name it.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1: I've wondered the same thing myself, but if you think about it, Red Bull has become synonymous with energy drink- it's the Kleenex of the segment, which is pretty remarkable considering how long it used to take to get that kind of brand recognition.

    But it's hugely popular, and had been in Europe for a while prior to coming stateside.


    If you think about owning the teams, it's good 'ol "race on (anyday), sell on (anyday)"- and while it's not directly related to the product, it captures a similar audience. And the teams therefore become part hobby, part advertising and part product strategy. I'm sure they get some support from other advertisers on the racing series' and vehicles, so that helps a bit too.


    It's similar to Virgin though. When was the last time you bought something from them? Yet they're hugely successful.

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    06/12/09

    @franzouse: I basically must conclude that the world drinks several times as much Red Bull as Coke and Pepsi combined according to their sports sponsorship intensity.


    (That still doesn't make sense to me when I read it, but it's the best way my hands can express my head at the moment. Too much vodka, not enough Red Bull, I guess)

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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1: I went to high school in Austria and the official breakfast of my senior class was A krapfen and two Red Bulls... hmm...

    But the company spent a net $400 Million on sports related marketing in 2008 and to increase ROI they usually opt for ownership of teams (like in F1 or the former Metrostars) or ownership of entire events (like this one, or Flugtag) this enables them to draw revenue from the events themselves.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1: Or try a Green Bull: absinthe and vodka, very tasty.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @Mobius_1: Grey Goose & Red Bull. Very good.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/12/09

    In reply to Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
    Flugtag is the air race I want to participate in. It's the LeMons of air racing, homebrew, homemade "aircraft," points given for style, presentation, and even distance. Don't forget your lifejacket.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/12/09

    @Elhigh: What if you take a LeMons car and strap wings to it?
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