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Who Said That?

"We put them everywhere. Nothing's off limits. "

-- Ryan Beckley, owner of Kinetic Animation

You see them plastered to the side of boats, under the fenders of trailers, on the tires of trucks.

There is simply no escaping the swarm of sponsorship stickers that invade a race. They are everywhere, affixed to helmets, motors, toolboxes and anything else a camera can catch.

Drink this. Drive that. Eat here. Where next? It appears there is nowhere left to place a sticker, which means business is good for Ryan Beckley, especially this weekend as the Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix rumbled through the waters off Sarasota.

Beckley is the owner of Kinetic Animation, a Bradenton sign company that specializes in race boat graphics and design.

Read more at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.