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David Gilliland’s spectacular late race crash Sunday at Phoenix didn’t upset his sponsor in fact they said it was a ‘good thing’.
The Federal Communications Commission is sponsoring the Ford of Gilliland’s to promote next year's Digital TV conversion. At Texas the week prior Gilliland was involved in a crash; Sunday at Phoenix Gilliland ended the race with his car on top of the No. 84 Toyota of Scott Speed.
"Except for the cars that win the races, the cars that are in wrecks get a lot of attention," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters Monday.
The FCC has been criticized for spending $350,000 to sponsor the car that promotes a web site (DTV.gov) in an effort to tell the Nation about the digital transition that takes place on February 17, 2009
Citizens Against Government Waste awarded Martin its October "Porker of the Month' trophy for “using taxpayer funds on an unnecessary project, diverting focus from more important telecommunications concerns, recklessly spending without consulting with his peers, and attempting to use his influence to shore up his own political prospects.”
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