Led by Capt. Jack Spare, tire company hoists the sales

It's a pirate's life for the fast-growing firm's vice president.

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  • | 6:00 a.m. January 25, 2019
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RNR Tire Express Vice President Vince Ficarrotta portrays Capt. Jack Spare at store openings across the country. Courtesy photo.
RNR Tire Express Vice President Vince Ficarrotta portrays Capt. Jack Spare at store openings across the country. Courtesy photo.
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The annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival brings buccaneers, marauders and rogues of all stripes to Tampa to honor the legend of Jose Gaspar, the Spanish naval officer who, if the stories are to be believed — and scholarly research says they probably shouldn’t — turned to piracy and terrorized the Gulf of Mexico in the late 18th and early 19th centuries about his ship, the Floriblanca.

RNR Tire Express Vice President Vince Ficarrotta portrays Capt. Jack Spare at store openings across the country. Courtesy photo.
RNR Tire Express Vice President Vince Ficarrotta portrays Capt. Jack Spare at store openings across the country. Courtesy photo.

 

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