First off, I have to apologize to LisaH for stealing my title back. Love ya girl!
Now, shall we ...
Tony Stewart lets the first domino fall and announces his plans for 2009 and beyond. Ganassi and the #40 team.
The stands are empty as everyone decides to stay at home, or on Daytona Beach, watching all the great TV coverage on TNT with their "Wide Open Coverage" and the free DirecTV Hot Pass this weekend.
Casey Mears is touted to be the replacement for the Home Depot #20 ride. Sorry sliced bread, you'll have to wait one more year. Seriously Logano, it will only take a year for that ride to be available.
Dario Franchitti.
Dale Jr. helps push Jamie McMurray to a back-to-back win at Daytona.
Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch are seen grilling out together after the race with sparklers in their hands and reminiscing. Anybody else hear Little River Band playing?
Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson fail pre-race inspection. Finally!
After Dale Jarrett gives the command to the drivers to start their engines, he immediately asks where his car is at?
On a more serious note ... Here's to hoping a Coke driver wins this Saturday night, so we all can get a free Coke Zero! Happy Fourth of July and have a great race weekend!
Funny. Kyle Busch won't even talk to Kurt anymore. TNT makes too big of a deal about "Wide Open Coverage."
Pepsi took a big hit when Coke took over the name of the race.
gonger - Coke is the one who took the hit about 51 years ago. In 1958, Bill France went to them in Atlanta and asked for their help financially to finish the Daytona track by February 1959. They said he was crazy and wouldn't get it finished by then. So, Mr. France decided to go to Pepsi in North Carolina, and guess what, they wrote him a check on the spot! That's why Pepsi had been featured and sold at all the ISC tracks over the years. Gonger, do you know who won this inaugural race on July 4, 1959? Fireball Roberts ... RIP.
Little River Band - Nice. That takes me back..."Friday night it was late, I was walking you home back to the gate, I was dreaming of the night, Would it be all right, Walking through the park and remenising"
Wow - that's a long way from "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"!
Ah yes that song got the ol' Joker lucky on a couple occasions that song and some ol' Teddy Pentagrass.(turn out the light light a candle) oh yeah...Heres one I bet you havn't heard in awhile.
Lori,
This was funny but as you know I'm not only pretty new in the NASCAR thing but I've been away for a minute or two, so could you fill me in on what's the deal between the Busch boys?
You will hear Dale Jr's car can't lead a pack but it can push one and he is pushing Reed Sorensons to the checker flag. Yes Klvalus and others I do want Dale Jr to win. Something just came to me the other night and it was Reed.
You will hear Lori Scream Yessssss and do a dance if smokes wins.
Hotfoot- You never know- something could happen and you could hear those things. Yesterday, I saw someone use the movie "The Princess Bride" in a reference to NASCAR and Kyle Busch. In his weekly Power Rankings on NASCAR.com, Mark Auman paraphrased the only quoteable line from the movie in discussing the Kyle/JPM incident:
"Hello, my name is Juan Montoya. You wrecked my racecar. Prepare to crash."
And just because I couldn't resist, here is a montage from the movie.
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I told my roommate while I was posting the clip that one of the guys would make a comment about what a great movie it is, and that I figured it would be either you, Texascudaguy, or JokersWild.
Lori - I think that NASCAR should have you doing a prerace segment each week with quotes from the "Things we wont hear" column. That would certainly beat some of the stuff we see on those prerace shows! Enjoy Daytona on Saturday!!!!
