{"id":489173,"date":"2019-08-17T07:03:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T13:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=873026"},"modified":"2019-08-17T07:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T13:03:44","slug":"slayer-removed-as-nascar-racecar-sponsor-due-to-reactionary-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/slayer-removed-as-nascar-racecar-sponsor-due-to-reactionary-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Slayer Removed as NASCAR Racecar Sponsor \u2018Due to Reactionary Concerns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Slayer<\/a>\u2019s plans to display their logo on a NASCAR racecar during a race this weekend was called off by the car\u2019s owner \u201cdue to reactionary concerns,\u201d the heavy metal band announced Friday.<\/p>\n

On August 9th, NASCAR driver JJ Yeley, who drives the #54 Chevrolet owned by Rick Ware Racing, revealed on Twitter that Slayer would sponsor the racecar for Saturday night\u2019s race at the Bristol Motor Speedway; the sponsorship \u2013 which called for the Slayer logo as well as \u201cNovember 2019 Nuclear Blast\u201d to be brandished on the car\u2019s hood \u2013 was to promote the upcoming leg of Slayer\u2019s farewell tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s right fans!! @slayer<\/a> is going to be on my @RickWareRacing<\/a> @nuclearblastusa<\/a> #54 next week @BMSupdates<\/a> \ud83e\udd18\ud83e\udd18\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\udfb8 #RockBristol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gWX8V3YHtb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 JJ Yeley (@jjyeley1) August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yeley also asked fans to vote on what Slayer track should be his intro song at the race, with \u201cRaining Blood\u201d winning the Twitter poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNASCAR racing and Slayer have a lot in common\u201d guitarist Kerry King said earlier this week. \u201cBoth are extremely fast, intense and aggressive. I can think of nothing more rad than seeing the Slayer logo on Rick\u2019s car with JJ behind the wheel. I\u2019m sure Disciples of everyone involved will be completely stoked on the bond between these two fierce entities.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, just one day before the race, the band revealed that their sponsorship had been dropped at the last minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, reportedly due to reactionary concerns from other long-time participating sponsors, Slayer has been pulled as the primary sponsor,\u201d the band said in a statement Friday. \u201cAfter nearly 40 years, Slayer apparently remains as terrifying to some as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESPN reports<\/a> that both Rick Ware Racing and the car\u2019s other sponsors felt Slayer didn\u2019t align with its image and beliefs; PODS has already replaced<\/a> Slayer as the #54 car\u2019s primary sponsor at tonight\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a team owner, we thought it would be best to forgo the partnership,\u201d Ware said in a statement. \u201cRWR wishes nothing but the best to Slayer and their fans and wishes the band a successful Final World Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Slayer and Rick Ware Racing had an agreement in place, \u201cthere were no contracts or monetary transactions between either parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slayer\u2019s plans to display their logo on a NASCAR racecar during a race this weekend was called off by the car\u2019s owner \u201cdue to reactionary concerns,\u201d the heavy metal band announced Friday. On August 9th, NASCAR driver JJ Yeley, who drives the #54 Chevrolet owned by Rick Ware Racing, revealed on Twitter that Slayer would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-03 20:30:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}