Nick Hogan loses sponsorship...update.

[beaverretriever]

First off, I feel horrible for the kid that was with him. Thanks to Nick's crappy judgment his friend will need care the rest of his life. Nick is a piece of trash.
Now it looks as if his parents are funding his crappy driving skills with his own team... The Hogans really need some parenting lessons.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/23/nick-hogan-blogs-for-first-time-since-crash/

[USCFAN]

That is horrible, I feel for all families affected by such a tragedy.

[AZJD]

First off, I feel horrible for the kid that was with him. Thanks to Nick's crappy judgment his friend will need care the rest of his life. Nick is a piece of trash.
Now it looks as if his parents are funding his crappy driving skills with his own team... The Hogans really need some parenting lessons.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/23/nick-hogan-blogs-for-first-time-since-crash/
I am not going to knock you statement, however you cannot tell me you have never made a bad decision and gotten away with it?
Shit happens. We have all driven too fast. Hell, some of us have driven too fast while drinking. He was an unfortunate one who has to pay the consequences now. It doesn't make him any different than most of the other teens out driving.

[beaverretriever]

Yeah, and Hulk won some kind of "Father of the yr Award"... WTF?

[beaverretriever]

I am not going to knock you statement, however you cannot tell me you have never made a bad decision and gotten away with it?
Shit happens. We have all driven too fast. Hell, some of us have driven too fast while drinking. He was an unfortunate one who has to pay the consequences now. It doesn't make him any different than most of the other teens out driving.
Of course I have. I was 19 once and had some fast cars. The problem is he has done it more than once and has not had to face the music. Just because he is the son of a star, it gets dismissed and he is driving again. His parents should have cut him off and made him drive a Prius.

[AZJD]

Yeah, and Hulk won some kind of "Father of the yr Award"... WTF?
The kid drove too fast. How does that make Hogan a bad dad? Did you ever speed? Have you ever drank and drove? Have you ever done drugs? If so does that make your parents bad?
Every kid has to make these mistakes. Some pay worse than others. Quit being jealous and cut the kid some slack!:D :D :D I meant that in the most joking way. The jealous part.

[rivrrts429]

Yeah, and Hulk won some kind of "Father of the yr Award"... WTF?
Here ya go. Mother and Fathers foundation:D
http://www.gerweck.net/news/1193027340.shtml

[rivrrts429]

The kid drove too fast. How does that make Hogan a bad dad? Did you ever speed? Have you ever drank and drove? Have you ever done drugs? If so does that make your parents bad?
Every kid has to make these mistakes. Some pay worse than others. Quit being jealous and cut the kid some slack!:D :D :D I meant that in the most joking way. The jealous part.
Speaking for me only. The difference is my dad would've wooped my ass...and did when I needed it:D He didnt put me right back in the "saddle", I would've been speaking to teens about the dangers of street racing. Just my .02

[beaverretriever]

The kid drove too fast. How does that make Hogan a bad dad? Did you ever speed? Have you ever drank and drove? Have you ever done drugs? If so does that make your parents bad?
.
Because the parents don't condone his actions. If I was Hulk, the kid wouldn't get shit. I sure as hell wouldn't sponsor his crappy driving skills. I would cut off his toys. Like I said, he has done this more than once. It shows his parents are not parenting.
Actually, I have NEVER done drugs. I have driven drunk. Many yrs ago and it was a mistake that should, and will never happen again. Lucky for me I didn't kill anyone or cause injury.
Have I made mistakes in the past? Sure, but my parents didn't go start me a race team either when I screwed up.
I honestly don't know how you can defend this kid. He is a tool that shouldn't even have a license. He broke enough laws that would put the average person without license for yrs.

[AZJD]

Speaking for me only. The difference is my dad would've wooped my ass...and did when I needed it:D He didnt put me right back in the "saddle", I would've been speaking to teens about the dangers of street racing. Just my .02
The flip side of that is we only see the picture painted by the media, or the way it is spun by producers on MTV. We don't really know what consequences he faced.
I know I have done a hundred stupid thing and gotten away with them and just think that it is unfortunate. We never hear about this stuff when it isn't a celebrity. It happens much more often than we would like to admit.

[AZJD]

Because the parents don't condone his actions. If I was Hulk, the kid wouldn't get shit. I sure as hell wouldn't sponsor his crappy driving skills. I would cut off his toys. Like I said, he has done this more than once. It shows his parents are not parenting.
Actually, I have NEVER done drugs. I have driven drunk. Many yrs ago and it was a mistake that should, and will never happen again. Lucky for me I didn't kill anyone or cause injury.
Have I made mistakes in the past? Sure, but my parents didn't go start me a race team either when I screwed up.
I honestly don't know how you can defend this kid. He is a tool that shouldn't even have a license. He broke enough laws that would put the average person without license for yrs.
It doesn't actually say on the Blog that his father is bank rolling shit! It is an unsupported assumption by the writer of this article, John Neff. He is a blogger on an automotive website. The blog on Nicks page says he has a sponsor. Polaroid is his title sponsor, along with several smaller sponsors i'm sure. (unsupported assumption)
And as far as him having no talent. Do you assume that based on the fact that he lost control of a 500+ HP Supra in the rain? I have lost control of a few cars in my day. It happens.

[Jordy]

I have lost control of a few cars in my day. It happens.
On dry pavement no less!!! :D :D :D

[502 JET]

If it was Joe Blow from Kokamo no one would be talking about this.
The way I heard the story of the crash Nick was street racing a Viper. Then the crash happened and before the authorities arrived the Hulkster pulled up in a Viper. Hmmmm....I wonder who was driving that Viper he was racing??:confused:

[redneckcharlie]

It doesn't actually say on the Blog that his father is bank rolling shit! It is an unsupported assumption by the writer of this article, John Neff. He is a blogger on an automotive website. The blog on Nicks page says he has a sponsor. Polaroid is his title sponsor, along with several smaller sponsors i'm sure. (unsupported assumption)
And as far as him having no talent. Do you assume that based on the fact that he lost control of a 500+ HP Supra in the rain? I have lost control of a few cars in my day. It happens.
Would your attitude be the same if it was your child that was mamed? I bet it wouldn't. Everyone has done something stupid driving a car when growing up. The difference is who has mamed or killed someone? There is a major differnce between the two, and should be treated accordingly. I don't have any sympathy for a kid(yes a kid) whose parents trurned him loose with a five hundred horse power vehicle and he wrecked it. I bet his behavior would be totally different if he had to earn the money and foot the bill for his behavior.

[Racey]

This is a sad situation, i feel for the kid in the hospital, but at the same time, HE got into that car knowing there would be speeding/racing involved, what kid at that age doesn't want to go for a fast ride in a badass car, HE also made the choice not to put his seatbelt on according to the article, which would have more than likely saved him. So while Hogan was speeding you can't put all the blame on him for the condition the other kid is in.
As for nick getting bankrolled by his dad, maybe, maybe not, i remember hearing that Nick's cut of the 'Hogan Know's Best' Reality show was $400,000 a season...... so the kid does have his own cash now....
Everyone with children, this should be a lesson to really drill it into your kid's heads about the dangers of racing/fast driving/not wearing a seatbelt.

[beaverretriever]

It doesn't actually say on the Blog that his father is bank rolling shit! It is an unsupported assumption by the writer of this article, John Neff. He is a blogger on an automotive website. The blog on Nicks page says he has a sponsor. Polaroid is his title sponsor, along with several smaller sponsors i'm sure. (unsupported assumption)
And as far as him having no talent. Do you assume that based on the fact that he lost control of a 500+ HP Supra in the rain? I have lost control of a few cars in my day. It happens.
Honestly, I couldn't tell you who is sponsoring him. I am sure his parents flip the bill for a ton of stuff.
As for having drifting talent, he does not. In the true drifting circles he is known to be low on the totem poll when it comes to driving ability. There are tons of young guys out there hopping up their late 70s Corrolas that would put him to shame on the track. Unfortunately, they do not have the name Hogan so the sponsors just don't show up like they should.
I recently spoke to a friend of mine that has done some drifting on the circuit (mostly semi pro, minor sponsors but he makes Nick H look pretty sucky LOL). He told me that Nick is regarded as a joke and bad for the whole scene. He was blown away that a large company like Chrysler would back someone that doesn't have a proven track record or the ability of many others out there but he understands that its not what you know, but who you know are who you are that gets you places in life.
Like I said, kids make mistakes and most have at least a few times in their young lives but Nick seems to have little or no consequences for his actions when other kids his age would lose everything if they did the same thing.

[AZJD]

He gets what he gets because of his name. that is a totally fair assumption. I just think the kid gets an unfair spin because of two reasons, who he is and what show he has on TV. It is a huge privellage to be a Hogan I am sure, but it has to be a real drag when something goes wrong.
Just for the record! I am not condoning what has happend and I never said he shouldn't be held accountable for his actions. I just don't think anyone should jump to conclusions about parenting skills or point the finger of blame at his parents. He is a very popular, wealthy and young kid.....= bad shit!

[Tom N]

From Tampa Tribune today...
911 Report: Hulk's Son, 2nd Car In Drag Race
CLEARWATER Danny Jacobs told police he wasn't racing, but later he was overheard confiding to a pastor that he was driving 113 mph or 130 mph before the car he was competing against crashed.
The passenger in the other car – Iraq war veteran John Graziano, 22 – was left with severe brain damage. And the driver of the other car, Nick Bollea, the 17-year-old son of famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, was charged with reckless driving with serious bodily injury.
On Tuesday, a fuller picture of the wreck – as well as the events leading up to it – began to appear as the Clearwater Police Department released 225 pages of documents. An 11-minute tape of the 911 calls made by witnesses was also released by the county dispatch system.
Aside from Jacob's remarks, which were overheard by the mother of Graziano's girlfriend, other revelations contained in the documents are:
- Less than six hours before the Aug. 26 wreck, Hulk Hogan was seen at an Albertson's liquor store with his son and his son's friends. Receipts show the celebrity purchased two cases of Miller Lite, two cases of Corona beer, one case of Miller Cheer Beer and five bags of ice.
- Later, after Hogan docked his boat at Shephard's Tiki Bar on Clearwater Beach, Nick and his friends, including Jacobs, hopped out and waded ashore. The head of security, who knew Nick Bollea was under age, asked for identification. The group said they didn't have any and returned to the vessel.
All of them, except Nick Bollea, were holding a beer, and Bollea was holding a plastic cup containing an undetermined beverage.
- One Clearwater police officer allowed a distraught Hulk Hogan to be escorted close to the wreck while his son was extricated. The officer was concerned there might be a problem if he physically tried to stop Hogan from approaching the scene.
A sergeant was ordered to drive the Hulk Hogan to Bayfront Medical Center, where his son and Graziano were taken, because there was some concern Hogan would speed to get there.
- By the time an officer arrived at Nick Bollea's hospital room, his attorney Kevin Hayslett, was already there. When asked who the wrecked Toyota Supra belonged to, Bollea pointed to his father who was also in the room. Nick Bollea couldn't remember what street he had been driving on, what direction he had been driving in, or whether it had been raining. He said he was driving 30 to 40 mph. His eyes were bloodshot and he was mumbling.
Once it was clear he was suspected of committing a crime, he stopped talking to police.
The 11-minute 911 tape contains two witnesses who say Bollea and Jacobs, who was driving a Dodge Viper owned by Hulk Hogan, had been racing. "There was two cars drag racing and one just wiped out," said one witness.
The Clearwater Police Department report contains more witnesses testifying to that effect. One was a motorcyclist who motioned the Viper into position at the intersection of Court Street and Missouri Avenue because, the motorcyclist said, he didn't want to get involved in what was obviously a race.
Various witnesses say the Supra fishtailed out of the intersection before the car jumped the median farther down Court Street and hit a palm tree. By then, the Viper Jacobs was driving had passed the Supra.
Jacobs caught the horrific aftermath in his rear-view mirror. "Oh My God," he was quoted as saying.
He then drove to get Hulk Hogan after being unable to reach him by phone, documents say.
Jacobs told police he and Bollea did not bolt from the intersection. Later, however, he told Linda Berry, the mother of John Graziano's girlfriend, that they had been racing.
It was Berry who overheard Jacobs' remarks to a pastor while they were at Bayfront, outside Graziano's room in the intensive care unit. She said she heard Jacobs say he was going 113 mph or 130 mph - she wasn't sure which. The speed limit was 40 mph.
An accident reconstruction by investigators determined the Supra was going 61 to 66 mph – a range that doesn't take into account the loss of vehicle energy when the car jumped the median curb and struck the palm tree, one document released Tuesday says.
At least one paramedic arriving at the aftermath did not think Graziano - who had a finger-size hole in his forehead – was alive. Some witnesses thought the same. "There's no way this guy's alive after that," one 911 caller told a dispatcher. Graziano is being cared for at the veterans hospital in Tampa

[Magic34]

John's attorney is saying the Linda filed for divorce as a plot to reduce the ownership of assets between her and Hulk in case of a compensation settlement.

[Racey]

John's attorney is saying the Linda filed for divorce as a plot to reduce the ownership of assets between her and Hulk in case of a compensation settlement.
Bubba (Hogan's best friend) said on his sirius show monday that Linda was a complete B*tch and he was glad he could finally come out and say so, and that this was a huge blessing for hogan to get rid of her.