Who among us does not like Nascar?

What contention

mine that tv viewership is down as of last year in part due to the CoT

Poconos would be a race very much in character for you.

how so?

It just is.

Well, there must be some reason.

I just can't believe you would choose Poconos over Richmond as your first race.

well, I may very well not, but it doesn't look like Richmond I will be an option for me this year, and I can go to Pocono for 1/3 the cost in time+money

Just don't blame me if you hate NASCAR after you do.

Unexpected NASCAR indie rock moment: tailgaters near us in the Phoenix Raceway parking lot blasting Amsterdam by Peter, Bjorn & John.

Rumor is that Tony Stewart and Christy Wallace are an item. Supposedly Ashley Judd is here.

Rumor is that Tony Stewart and Christy Wallace are an item

aw. so Tara Roqu3more is off again?

Yeah and J.J.Yeley's sister, who works with my brother. Seems Tony is quite the ladies' man.

oh to be short, chubby and rich

Great race. First win for Hendrick. Gordon continues to have bad cars. Chad Knaus's gamble on fuel strategy paid off. The 48 had no gas left after the burnout, so the car had to be pushed into victory lane by a tow truck.

After the race, Truex was badmouthing DEI Engines to his crew over the radio:

MTJ: The 8 should have won.
Crew: Yeah.
MTJ: Did the 31 make it? [on gas, referring to another Chevy team]
Crew: Yeah.
MTJ: [Referring to DEI Engines] They don't run and they run out of gas.
Crew:
MTJ: Are we on radio?
Scanner: (turns off)

Ganassi and Petty Racing are in death spirals. They don't qualify, they lose sponsors (General Mills just defected to Childress), so they can't build the good engines, they don't get the Glengarry leads . . . etc.

So unfair that because Carl Edwards' crew chief was caught cheating with the oil tank cover Edwards now gets an even better crew chief, Robbie Reiser during the suspension. Bleah.

oh to be short, chubby and rich

http://hickorymotorspeedway.com/2007/results07_photos/6_2LMWin.jpg

Chrissy Wallace isn't that chubby, milo.

haw!

Chad is a mathlete now. Carl did pretty well on a shorter track, huh? getting Robbie as crew chief sounds like the Chicago Way. my parents were not mollified by the duck car when the baseball game was rudely preempted, tho. :(

i am hoping the Ganassi and Petty sputtering results in the revival of Tony Raines

Chad Knaus has always been very smart.

Fastenal... except the bumper, lol

amazing race. talladega sure looks purty.

Best Race of '08

Talledega's always a blast.

burnouts are never, ever, not good.

-- haitch, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:42 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Link

Inaugural Pennzoil Burnout Competition this Saturday, 6:15 p.m. ET before the Sprint Showdown

"in Christ's name, Amen, Shalom," huh

only now I find out one of my best friends in college got to ride in the pace car at Richmond?

Ayo!

Dale Jr. on What Really Matters:

"I knew I was gonna get a good deal [from Hendrick Motor Sports]. It wasn't really about trying to maximize that and push and push to get that number up as high as I can get it.

In the middle of the year, is that really gonna matter? You know when you're in the guts of the season and you're racing, what really matters?

What really matters is when you walk up to your car and you go, the black side skirts are ugly."

http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/cars-of-nascar-drivers-2008-story.html?partner=ybuzz

Cute! Kasey has a Viper and OMG I love Kyle Petty's Charger.

We're going to Sonoma.

Casey Mears owns this and Forbes shows his '61 Impala and a new Tahoe? Hi, advertisers! What a boring list. Ryan Newman's the only one half trying.

Welcome back to NASCAR!

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i bid a gimlet farewell to 'digger' and his marketing empire and eagerly anticipate the return of wally's world

I have won $240 on the Kyleeeeeeeeeeeee Dude 茄蕃 this season. I used my winnings to buy a new camera.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-nascar-harassmentlawsuit&prov=ap&type=lgns

It's bad publicity and it's a shame but Poston's going to do the right thing.

Read any class action complaint and you'll see the same or worse happening at places from IBM to Merril Lynch.

JIMMY JOHNSON

this is what i say whenever nascar comes up

JIMMY JOHNSON

whenever i catch the tail end of a race on tv i always pull for him & he does not often disappoint

It's Jimmie Johnson, friend.

But yeah, he's a great one to root for.

pwned <3

but yeah whenever i watch a nascar race at the end its always like 'should jimmie go for it or not?' & im always like FUCK YES & he always does then he wins

He's such an awesome good sport, too.

i have been promised "nascar merchandise"!

Pocono might not be the best racing, but it sure looks purty on the tv

Suspiciously smaller-than-a-breadbox NASCAR merchandise, perhaps?

OMG I am so excited about Sonoma. I got comped tickets from my friend at Turner.

I am as yet uncertain of the size or nature of said merch, but may find out this weekend.

This is a good commercial. Someone said it was DJ not Shadow, the other one.

You know, from the 90s but not as good. Oh yeah, Spooky.

i gave my parents a nascar-related item because it also involved something they like. i kept a picture or two tho.

AP says Tony to run his own team, possibly picking up Newman

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_bowles/07/11/obama/?eref=sircrc

awesome/finally

i actually sent them an email recommending Kvapil's car. I'm sure these things are related.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/7/8/jimmie-johnson-says-nascar-fans-arent-alike-but-will-choose-mccain.html

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Update_Obama_passes_on_NASCAR_sponsorship_0712.html

Samsung Instinct NASCAR application, as demonstrated at Mashable.

(video commentary by yours truly)

i got this guy for my parents' collection

http://web.mac.com/ben.gardner/iWeb/Site/Animals_files/P1000080.jpg

...

I was watching the driver view during practice and everything looked familiar and I realized I dropped many quarters into Indy racing at Coney last weekend and I was all I KNOW YOU, MANG

TS: Dover (or New Hampshire) + Mets-Phils vs. Richmond weekend + Mets-Braves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICi3kIzSIZg&feature=related

Got any questions for Casey Mears? I'm interviewing him tomorrow.