Growing up around the spot of dirt late model racing here in east central IL, there was one I accumulated a lot of throughout my younger days. Driver's racing t-shirts. I may not have the same shirts I had, but I do have the logo of a Joe Williams shirt that now is sown onto a quilt my grandmother made. I've sot several on that quilt...and I have a lot still stuffed in a sack that I just couldn't bring myself to throw out.
What is it about a racing shirt that that just makes us have to have it? Is it our real fandom of the driver we follow? Is it the color of the shirt? What makes us shell out $25 for a piece of cotton that technically goes right out of style the very next year? I don't have the answer to it cause as I stated, when I was younger I bought the newest Billy Moyer shirt, Roger Long, Bob Pierce, Daryl Lanigon...well you get the idea
Over the summer I took a look a some of the shirts that are being sold with the intentions of getting one for my son. As I browsed, I had to say I wasn't all that impressed with what I see for designs. Most of the shirts are just cluttered with too much. The logo's of the car that look like and action shot are to to bright or to wild to get a understanding who is on the shirt. Throw in all the extra graphics, and you really have to get up close and personal to see who it is. I have the logo of the first Jeff Purvis shirt my mom got me and you had no problem understanding who was on that shirt.
Perhaps the designers need a check of how things were done in the past and just moderize it a bit. Then I might actually might by another or a few to add to my now old collection.
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