{"id":1809,"date":"2017-05-18T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T19:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2017-05-19T08:06:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:06:14","slug":"nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legal marijuana has gained traction with a majority of Americans. However, not so much with officials at the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (better known as NASCAR).<\/p>\n

Officials there this month forced driver Carl Long to drive the entire Go Bowling 400 NASCAR race at the Kansas City Motor Speedway with no logo on his hood. It was an unusual thing in a sport where drivers paste their cars with sponsor logos that include alcohol, soda, and energy drinks.<\/p>\n

Why? Because Long wanted to drive with the logo of his sponsor, Colorado-based vaping company Veedverks.<\/p>\n

NASCAR: Approved, Then Disapproved<\/h2>\n

Long apparently won the right to use the logo at first. NASCAR officials thought Veedverks was an e-cigarette company, according to what company officials said<\/a>, and approved the logo.<\/p>\n

NASCAR denies<\/a> they ever approved the logo.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s clear is that when Long was on the track during practice laps the day before for the race. Then, NASCAR officials had him remove the logo from his No. 66 Chevrolet and race with no logo on the car\u2019s hood.<\/p>\n

In a press release on the incident, Veedverks said NASCAR officials made the decision \u201cat the last minute without reimbursement or apology.\u201d Veedverks CEO Travis Lippert said the veteran-owned, small business was \u201cseverely damaged\u201d by the decision but stayed on as Long\u2019s chief sponsor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still his primary sponsor,\u201d Veedverks later said<\/a> on its Facebook page. \u201cWe just weren\u2019t on the hood during the race. We are part of NASCAR history whether they like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veedverks even held a photo caption contest through their Facebook page. The contest asked people to photo shop something onto Long\u2019s hood after NASCAR \u201cwon\u2019t even let us substitute another company in Veedverks\u2019 place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long later said<\/a> that the situation may have been caused by him spelling the name of the company incorrectly in his submission of his sponsor\u2019s name to NASCAR.<\/p>\n

Hemp Products<\/h3>\n

While they apparently were removed from the car\u2019s hood because of potential controversy surrounding legalized marijuana, Veedverks is actually a hemp company that primarily sells vapes. Hemp produces cannabinols that have medical purposes but produce no high.<\/p>\n

However, the incident shows that no matter how popular the legalization of marijuana<\/a> has become, it still has a long way to go before gaining acceptance in professional sports.<\/p>\n

Despite admissions from former NFL and NBA players and coaches about the use of marijuana to deal with chronic pain \u2013 and as a replacement for opioids \u2013 major professional sports have not yet taken a less restrictive stand on marijuana.<\/p>\n

However, there is growing movement to have major sports league at least reconsider policies that ban marijuana use. Even influential NFL owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys has asked that the NFL drop its prohibition<\/a> against marijuana use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASCAR shows it isn’t ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[94,99,173],"yoast_head":"\nNASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NASCAR shows it isn't ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NASCAR shows it isn't ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dispensaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-18T19:30:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-19T15:06:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NASCAR-removes-hemp-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dispensariescom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/\",\"name\":\"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-18T19:30:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-19T15:06:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\"},\"description\":\"NASCAR shows it isn't ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dispensaries Editor\"},\"description\":\"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. We cover everything to the business trends, latest products and even help the cannicurious people better understand cannabis and the industry around it.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dispensariescom\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/author\/dispensaries-editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar","description":"NASCAR shows it isn't ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar","og_description":"NASCAR shows it isn't ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/","og_site_name":"Dispensaries","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/","article_published_time":"2017-05-18T19:30:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-05-19T15:06:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NASCAR-removes-hemp-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dispensaries Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dispensariescom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dispensaries Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/","name":"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-05-18T19:30:57+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-19T15:06:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0"},"description":"NASCAR shows it isn't ready for legalized marijuana sponsorship by forcing a driver to remove a hemp company logo from the racecar. Get up to speed now.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/nascar-forces-driver-remove-hemp-company-logo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NASCAR Forces Driver To Remove Hemp Company Logo From Racecar"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/","name":"Dispensaries","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0","name":"Dispensaries Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dispensaries Editor"},"description":"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. We cover everything to the business trends, latest products and even help the cannicurious people better understand cannabis and the industry around it.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/dispensariescom"],"url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/author\/dispensaries-editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1812,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions\/1812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}