At least we have this. I only wish Kiefer Sutherland was the host again.
12/5/2008: Sprint Cup Awards Banquet on ESPN Classic 9:00-12:00pm/et
This is a long way from Kannapolis, ain’t it?”
Those were the words of Dale Earnhardt 14 years ago as he stepped out of the Presidential Suite at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel (note the ultra-cool double hyphen) to go downstairs to the ballroom to accept his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship trophy.
As usual, The Man in Black (this night it was a black tuxedo) was spot-on.
On Friday night, for the 28th time, NASCAR will drop its shop rags and pick up champagne flutes at the world-famous digs at 301 Park Ave.
“When we first walked in there, it was like, ‘Whoa,’” says former racer and team owner Junior Johnson, who owned Darrell Waltrip’s title-winning ride at the first Waldorf awards ceremony in 1981. “I think some of those people thought we’d come in there raising hell, you know? Maybe they were expecting.....
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