Monday, February 20, 2006
If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'
So the 2006 Daytona 500 is in the record books and now we can get on to the normally insane NASCAR schedule without all the pageantry, drama and more importantly; annoying celebrities who have no interest in racing other than some shameless self promotion.Here are some random observations from yesterday:
If I wasn't a fan of Bon Jovi I think that whole pre-race concert thing would've irritated the fuck out of me. It was nice seeing Mikey, Macey and DJ in the audience but someone should tell Teresa Earnhardt to stay far away from anything doing with music. The bitch couldn't even clap in time. No wonder she didn't want Jr dabbling in the music business; it would've confused the heck out of her and I'm sure she didn't want him getting into anything she doesn't understand or have a hand in herself.
The best commercial I've seen so far HAS to be the toast at dinner with Jeff, Jimmie, Jr and Tony. They had to have a BLAST making that, I'd love to see the out-takes! (the "NEWMAN" Gillette commercial is a close second)
About half-way into the race I see the Ken Schrader driven machine in 7th place and the announcers have made NO mention of it. Maybe they need to send a case of Little Debbie's up to the booth so they can get some freakin air time!
Once again Kyle Busch has to open his stupid cake-hole and blame everyone but himself for the bone-headed mistakes he made on the track. I'm starting to see something else that runs in his family besides blaring ugliness; the lack of taking responsibility when you're a complete and utter jackass.
On the flip side; Carl Edwards and Jamie Mac fessed up to their mistakes and probably maned-up and went to see the people who took the brunt of their errors face-to-face. Granted, those two are in the gym almost every week day so they don't have much to fear in the way of physical confrontations!
Tony Stewart's post-race interviews are about as entertaining as a monkey on ice skates. You can always count on smoke to vent his frustrations to the cameras. Personally I think he's gunna need a blood pressure check seeing how he's already so hot and it's only week 1 of the season. Here's hoping his ribs heal quicker so he can get to the gym and picture Kenseth's mug on the heavy bag while he pounds it to a frazzle.
Was it me or was Jeff Gordon's smile as big as it was in Victory Lane last year? There's no better team mate than that man.
Another guy who seemed to have a VL smile was Ryan Newman. Granted, if Kurt Busch hadn't wrecked I don't think anyone could've touched him.
Dang that camera man who just missed catching Jeff Green and Dale Jarrett in each others faces. Cage match anyone?!?!
Say what you want about Jimmie Johnson and his team being cheaters but he proved my pre-race "first time winner" prediction was correct. Congrats to you, Chad and your substitute crew chief.
And finally, I think I've thought of a way to get rid of all these self-absorbed celebrity singers who totally brutalize and butcher the anthem each week. Do what the NHL has been doing for YEARS; have open tryouts for the job. They could call it Redneck Idol!
# posted by Green Green Green! @ 4:57 AM 
