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For You Racin' Fans - Just picked this up today at a local Radio Auction

samspopsamspop Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
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A local Radio Station here in Charlotte has a Kids First Auction every year. Always a lot of cool items donated from local events and companies (mostly music or sports related).

I was able to snag these 2013 Race Worn David Ragan Gloves With an Auto on the glass of the frame. They are from the Talladega 500 in May of this year and he was the winning driver of the race. I figure there are only 36 pairs of Race-Winning gloves that are available each year in all of Sprint Cup, so a pretty unique pick-up. Not the biggest name driver, but a neat piece for the man-cave.

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  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    Friend of a friend says Ragan is one of the nicest guys in racin'.
    Collecting 1970 Topps baseball
  • mrmoparmrmopar Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭✭
    Not looking to rain on the parade, but just to offer a counter thought on this comment. I am not a race fan and have no idea if there is any truth to this possibility, but can we assume that a driver could wear multiple pairs of gloves in a race? Especially if they can be turned into cash after the fact, maybe every time the driver comes into the pit, they change their gloves and the old set is set aside for a charity/gift/auction? As with any sport, they may or do replace equipment throughout the game/match/race (balls, bats, tires, jerseys and anything else that is easily interchangeable.



    << <i> I figure there are only 36 pairs of Race-Winning gloves that are available each year in all of Sprint Cup, so a pretty unique pick-up. >>

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  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not looking to rain on the parade, but just to offer a counter thought on this comment. I am not a race fan and have no idea if there is any truth to this possibility, but can we assume that a driver could wear multiple pairs of gloves in a race? Especially if they can be turned into cash after the fact, maybe every time the driver comes into the pit, they change their gloves and the old set is set aside for a charity/gift/auction? As with any sport, they may or do replace equipment throughout the game/match/race (balls, bats, tires, jerseys and anything else that is easily interchangeable.



    << <i> I figure there are only 36 pairs of Race-Winning gloves that are available each year in all of Sprint Cup, so a pretty unique pick-up. >>

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    I doubt that the drivers change gloves during the pit stops. For fire protection, everything is sealed pretty good including where the gloves and racing suit come together. It would be pretty much impossible so remove gloves and put new ones on in the 14 or so seconds that the driver is in the pits. These drivers make enough money that they wouldn't go through all that trouble for $100 or whatever the gloves sold for.
    James
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