Rogue Cup Challenges Vol 6 - IAMTAT VS TheRedneck - Sol lies his butt off...

[Sol]

CLAIM #3
Pardon me, for asking in this manner:
On your honor...and from referencing ONLY YOUR memory or the actual shirt itself,...please describe, in fine detail, the racing shirt in question.

I'm going to go from memory but I have to explain the context first. I had been invited by Panasonic Canada (I was a store manager then) as a VIP to come and see the race, from the Toyota-Williams booth. Panasonic was a sponsor of the Toyota-Williams team.

It was a very special treat. It's where I learned and saw that the car itself has all of these little antennas all over the body, everywhere - and that you don't actually see if you're unaware of them - and these antennas transmit data in real time to team engineers as the race progresses. We got to see that live as the race went on!

Anyway, Hamilton won with McLaren, Toyota finished third.

McLaren and Toyota had an inside bet going. They were going to have shirts drawn at random, for VIPs, both in the McLaren booth and in the Toyota booth. If McLaren won, they'd have the Toyota colors BUT the McLaren logo on it.

If Toyota won - which was a favorite to win in Montreal - they'd take the McLaren colors BUT with the Toyota logo on it. McLaren won.

So Hamilton showed up after the race, with two other drivers and they showed the shirt. Toyota-Williams people were there, not too impressed.

The shirt was of the Toyota-Williams colors, mainly white, red and black. The Panasonic logo was on the left sleeve. The McLaren logo was right above the right side pocket, where Toyota should have been. Hamilton signed his name right above it, with a black permanent marker.

The VP of Panasonic Canada pulled a random VIP name out of a jar. My name. No idea how much it would be worth today..

Hope it answers your question :)

Now back to @"TheRedneck" ...