NBC has just unveiled their new sponsored car for the upcoming NASCAR season, featuring promotional art for their new drama series Knight Rider. They have also revealed that as a promotional tie-in to the show, the vehicle will be piloted not by a driver, but by a sentient computer in the car. Several other veteran drivers have questioned the decision of NASCAR to allow this to take place.

But NASCAR officials claim it is perfectly legal within the established rules as long as a driver is present in the car at all times. NBC says it will have one in there, not to drive, but to engage in witty banter with the computer and possibly investigate any crimes that are perpetrated on the track. The computerized vehicle is said to have laser cannons, machine guns, and some other gadgets built into it, but NBC says the car will probably not use any of them during the race. If it does have to use them, it will only be against a driver no one likes, such as David Reutimann. They will make sure that he is killed in an exciting way that satisfies both those in attendance and the audience at home.

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