[vincesanity82]

What's green, can hit speeds of 170 mph and is fueled with $1 million in state dollars? It's the "Fresh from Florida" race car, which, at racetracks from Homestead to Quebec, is being used to promote watermelons, tomatoes, oranges and a multitude of other fruits and vegetables grown in the Sunshine State. "It's definitely different, but it's so attention-getting, it creates a lot of buzz at the track," said Tom Long, one of the drivers of car No. 99, a BMW M3. Using $1 million in tax money and about $700,000 from Florida farmers, the state Department of Agriculture is sponsoring Long's car and another BMW, mango-hued No. 09, in the current Koni Grand-Am Challenge season. The 12-race series features U.S. and foreign high-performance sports cars in endurance runs that navigate dips, hills and tight turns like those associated with European road racing. -- Orlando Sentinel

Fast, 'fresh' car plugs Florida fruits, veggies -- OrlandoSentinel.com

[LSC9901]

I would suspect that, ratio-wise, most states spend money in this same manner to promote themselves. I know for a fact that where I live tax dollars are spent to encourage tourism from out of staters.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I would suspect that, ratio-wise, most states spend money in this same manner to promote themselves. I know for a fact that where I live tax dollars are spent to encourage tourism from out of staters.

Kentucky would be screwed since we have tobacco... the again the Bourbon Industry would pick up the slack so everything would be okay