No Clowns, Just Haulers, Car Hauler Parades in NASCAR

One of the frequent hits for news on car haulers is from NASCAR, where the cars have to go from track to track via enclosed car haulers. An aspect of NASCAR culture I was not familiar with is the car haulers parade, where the haulers will drive down the main drag of that week’s race, usually on the Thursday before the race. It allows fans who can’t afford tickets to the race to see their heroes up close and personal. It also reminds me of the old circus parade when the animals and entertainers would go from the train station through town to the circus site.

Here’s a piece on the Las Vegas parade right down the Strip. Before their final race of the season in Homestead south of Miami, the haulers hit downtown Miami and South Beach. Bristol has a tradition of a big hauler parade as well; the smaller town tracks on the circuit seem to do things up bigger.

However, Darlington, SC and its neighboring bigger city Florence seem to take the cake in car hauler parades, with the organizers even having their own web site.

Open-air car-haulers can double as parade-float platforms, but in this case, the haulers themselves are the show. The NASCAR haulers are the show horses of the breed as compared to the double-deck 6-9 car trailers, but it calls attention to the air of car transportation. The advertisers get extra attention and the hauler manufacturers will get some great visibility.