[WestCoastGal]

Ping for the banquet on ESPN Classic in 25 minutes.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the 2008 NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver Award, his 6th straight!

NASCAR to partner with Kevin Costner: NASCAR announced a year-long partnership with actor and director Kevin Costner that will see the Academy Award winner participate in several NASCAR initiatives, including the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards banquet, narration of a new NASCAR movie and the exclusive debut of the latest music video for Kevin Costner and Modern West on NASCAR.COM. “As a long time NASCAR fan, I’m very excited about this partnership,” said Kevin Costner, who has starred in several sports-themed movies. “They have tremendous fans, which are truly the most passionate in all of sports.” Costner kicks-off the partnership with a special guest appearance at the Sprint Cup Series’ annual Champions Banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on December 5 (9:00pm/et on ESPN Classic). Costner narrates a special tribute to the 60th Anniversary of NASCAR. Additionally, Costner and his band, Modern West, will debut the music video for their newest single, “Backyard,” exclusively on NASCAR.com beginning on Monday, Dec. 8. Costner will also serve as the voice of the latest NASCAR film. “The Ride of Their Lives,” narrated by Costner, is a first-person account of the history and heroes of NASCAR brought to life through the men and women who lived the dream. The film includes new, exclusive interviews with famed NASCAR personalities Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, and tells the story of how family dynamics weaved a thread through a half-century of racing. Produced by CMT Films and NASCAR Media Group, “The Ride of Their Lives” premieres Dec. 13 on CMT [9pm/et].(Rogers & Cowan PR)(12-5-2008)

[WestCoastGal]

Presenter: Over 20 million voted since chex became a sponsor in 2002 for the winner 1.2 million votes alone. Since it is year for election he should consider running 2012 for the white house. He changed teams, he changed sponsors, the only thing that did not change is the fans unwavering support. Dale Jr. is then introduced as the 6th consecutive mpd.

After his acceptance speech he was asked how does it feel to come and get this award and not getting in the top ten. He said it was frustrating not to have won more it was a challenge to stay focused and not get too frustrated but we worked hard and ran good which was more frustrating, have some work to do. We were not really a factor from the start and that was hard to deal with and tough to focus on each week as getting further and further behind. In 10 days he is going on vacation with his family and hunting with his uncles up until Christmas. New Years he is not sure if he is going to stay home with family or going to Rockingham to see Andy Hillenburg. Claire then said to him your fans have been working really hard to vote for you they have been calling and talking saying it is their mission what they do for you do you have anything you want to say to your fans after all of this? The very humble Jr. then said the fans have voted for others driver too. Each year we reach a milestone on how many votes, in the number of people participating in voting, gives a good idea how many fans are really passionate about the sports and how dedicated and devoted they are it’s very exciting for me to win 6 years in a row being that the fans vote on the award it’s a great feeling for someone who wins it.
Claire B asks if he is ever surprised and how much his fans do for him he said yes and he said there is a few fan site that he visited and he sees where they are really pushing each other to vote and do what they need to do to help us win “so that means a lot to me”

[NormsRevenge]

Rats! I don’t get classic.. Have a good one!

[NYTexan]

Please ping before airing...should be a good show!

Ya still have screen cap capability? if not, I will.

Jr. is starting ta look like Jack Bauer with that beard...

[SouthTexas]

Don’t have Classic.

Have Speed, but they’re showing how to make a DeadHead mobile.