Wait, NASCAR fans wear tactical pants?
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November 19th, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Yes they do weird huh.
November 20th, 2013 at 11:11 am
I will perhaps devote a tiny bit of attention to NASCAR (North American Stock Car Auto Racing) when I see the rules giving each team $40,000, sending them to an auto dealership, and having the race with what they bought STOCK off the showroom floor.
MC
November 20th, 2013 at 11:28 am
I have always asked, “why did the tactical ninjas steal my climbing pants?”
I used to climb and have lots of old pants and gear. If I wear them people think I am a tactical mall-ninja wannabee. That slanty pocket on the back of the 5.11 is not for a gun – it’s so you can reach into it while wearing a harness. For that matter, the name “5.11” refers to the so-called Yosemite Decimal Rating System and basically means “hard as hell to climb”.
Tactical has jumped the shark. Now it’s Nascar. I don’t watch Nascar, but figure it an upgrade in branding all the same. I’d rather be known as a Nascar guy than a mall-ninja guy. Even if my pants are used primarily to pull fence, weld metal and feed pigs. Somehow I don’t think ‘pig farmer’ will sell as a marketing label. Unless they called it “Tactical Boar” or something.
Hmm…
November 20th, 2013 at 1:01 pm
And with this transition from the pages of Guns&Ammo to the infield at Daytona, there is only one or two steps to get the tactical pants back to their US Army OD Fatigue Pants origins.
An elderly friend of mine wore his heavily used parachuter pants, the ones from the 1950s with all the extra pockets, to Mexico on vacation in the 60s. He went to an expensive beachside resort and wore them around the hotel. A Mexican friend asked him if the style was new in the US, and where he could get some.
Fashions come and fashions go, but huge pockets in one form or another will always exist for men with a need to stuff those pockets full of things.
November 20th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
I wear 511 shorts to the spring and summer races and 511 long pants to the fall races.
And I frequently wear a 511 vest to give me additional pockets.
I am glad that NASCAR and 511 have finally noticed.