Tips on how to increase your fan base and how much it will cost you.

    The image of your truck is extremely important. There are many images you can go for, the classic pickup truck with a name on it, traditional fans will enjoy that. Wild body styles and paint schemes captivate younger audiences and are always fan favorites. Perhaps you're not into cosmetic image, your truck could be pretty rough, but you drive it hard. Pick an image an run with it. How successful your image is, generally is reflected in your t-shirt sales. If you notice that the fans aren't behind you as much as you'd like, you can do the following:

        Change your body style, changing the fiberglass body on your truck will cost $2,000 from your account. A 3-D body will cost $10,000 for the first 3-D body. Any other 3-D body change after that will cost $2,500. Why so expensive the first time? Often times 3-D bodies have to have molds custom-made for the fiberglass and require a great amount of care and time to create.

Change your paint scheme, new paint is always something that grabs a fan's attention. New paint schemes will cost $800 from your team's account.

Change your driving style, taking more chances and being wild and crazy are a definite in getting the audience behind you. Be careful though, rollovers can cost you big bucks in the account, along with building damage.

Need a little extra money for the team? USMTA also sanctions small display car crushes periodically throughout the season in the cities that events are in several days before the event. Volunteering to do a car crush can get you as much as $800, but if you rollover or do damage to the property, it could blow up in your face.

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