BOSSHOG
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Tue Sep-04-07 10:39 AM
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Stevie Wonder was the grand marshall for Sunday nights race in California and gave the order to "start your engines" and Melissa Etheridge sang the National Anthem (beautiful job.) They had a nice interview with Wonder who said this was his first NASCAR race and he'd like to be a driver. Stevie ever the sportsman also wanted to play golf with Tiger Woods. At night.
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Tue Sep-04-07 10:45 AM
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1. Only in California. I doubt it would fly in Charlotte. |
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Tue Sep-04-07 10:54 AM
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2. Melissa Etheridge? Wouldn't fly in Georgia |
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Too many of them *real men* worried the lesbian *cooties* would infect their wimmenfolk. :eyes: :sarcasm:
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Tue Sep-04-07 11:13 AM
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3. Great post. Y'know, this might work in Florida... |
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When one considers Prince's performance at the last Super Bowl, Melissa seems rather conventional.
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Clark2008
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Tue Sep-04-07 11:18 AM
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A thread full of South bashing, even knowing that the South isn't the reddest part of the country - the Great Plains states are.
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And, yes, NASCAR, like any other sport/product, has to constantly grow a fan base in order to survive.
BTW, Bristol is one of my clients and I can assure you that no one who works there is stupid or backward - quite the contrary.
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Tue Sep-04-07 11:30 AM
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5. nascar`s top pr/marketing guy is from the north |
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and i`m guessing 50% of the drivers are not from the south. it`s no longer a "southern sport"
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Tue Sep-04-07 12:08 PM
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8. Oh - I know that and you know that, but I'd be willing to bet |
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that many South-bashing DUers either don't know that or pretend they don't.
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Tue Sep-04-07 12:57 PM
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10. Where the Drivers are From |
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I used this week's standings...these are all places of birth--Jeff Gordon's family moved to Indiana because, at the time they did it, Indy was the big time.
Out of fifty drivers, only twenty are from "Southern" states. OTOH, NASCAR is full of California and Indiana drivers. Indiana I can really understand: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is part and parcel of that state. But California?
Washington is another hotbed of racing...it's the home of Tom Sneva, who won the Indianapolis 500 once and managed to tear a car in half on the catchfence once. In the dictionary under the term "checkers or wreckers" is Sneva's picture--that man wrecked out of the Indy 500 more than any driver in history.
Jeff Gordon: California Tony Stewart: Indiana Denny Hamlin: Virginia Carl Edwards: Missouri Matt Kenseth: Wisconsin Jimmie Johnson: California Jeff Burton: Virginia Kyle Busch: Nevada Clint Bowyer: Kansas Martin Truex Jr: New Jersey Kurt Busch: Nevada Kevin Harvick: California Dale Earnhardt Jr: North Carolina Ryan Newman: Indiana Greg Biffle: Washington State Casey Mears: California Bobby Labonte: Texas Jamie McMurray: Missouri Juan Montoya: Colombia (South America) J.J. Yeley: Arizona Kasey Kahne: Washington State David Ragan: Georgia David Stremme: Indiana Mark Martin: Arkansas Reed Sorenson: Georgia Elliott Sadler: Virginia Robby Gordon: California David Gilliland: California Jeff Green: Kentucky Ricky Rudd: Virginia Tony Raines: Indiana Johnny Sauter: Wisconsin Dave Blaney: Ohio Sterling Marlin: Tennessee Joe Nemechek: Florida Paul Menard: Wisconsin Scott Riggs: North Carolina Kyle Petty: North Carolina Brian Vickers: North Carolina Bill Elliott: Georgia David Reutimann: Florida Dale Jarrett: North Carolina Ward Burton: Virginia Kenny Wallace: Missouri Jeremy Mayfield: Kentucky Ken Schrader: Missouri A.J. Allmendinger: California John Andretti: Indiana Michael Waltrip: Kentucky Boris Said: California
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Tue Sep-04-07 01:23 PM
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11. That was not my intent my Friend |
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I think its a good sign. I am a red state resident (Mississippi,) and a proud former citizen of another red state (Arkansas.) Lord we have so much more to be bashed for then our love of NASCAR. And I was thrilled to see Melissa Etheride introduced, she did a wonderful rendition of the anthem, although I thought she was a tad slow, but I think every vocalist sings it a tad slow and no one seems to know that the last sentence is a question. She made no attempt to "make it her own."
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Tue Sep-04-07 12:01 PM
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6. I've noticed that as well.. |
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they also have a black man and a white woman co-anchoring the pre-race coverage. Dale Jr. has that commercial with some rapper too. They still fervently pray to Jesus before every race, so they haven't reached that far yet.
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Tue Sep-04-07 12:02 PM
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7. What did they do hit the fucking wall? ahhhahahahahahaha |
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Tue Sep-04-07 12:34 PM
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9. "Talladega Nights" really made NASCAR look ridiculous. I loved that movie. |
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