NASCAR Nextel Cup - Coca Cola 600 from Charlotte - on FOX Sun 5/30, 5 pm EDT/2 pm PDT

To: flutters; Pete-R-Bilt; MoJo2001; All

That's cool. Wave to Tony for me :o)

Out here where we live, it's a day drive to a cup track... Phoenix, Vegas, or over the hill to California. My brother gets down to one every couple years...

Oh, while I'm thinking of it,

MoJo2001 has a question for those who know about such things...

My hubby and I would like to purchase NASCAR tickets for a September 10th and 11th event in Richmond, Virginia.

21 posted on 05/27/2004 1:28:58 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

better late than never :o)

22 posted on 05/27/2004 1:53:20 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

I'll be at the race!!! It will be my first Nascar race. I'm so excited I can hardly wait.

You'll have a blast. This will be my 6th or 7th year going to Charlotte. Great track. My favorite race of the year. Supposed to be a military show this year. One year they put on a huge show with helicopters, howitzers, A-10s, etc. Had a mini-war right on the infield. We killed all the enemy combatants - LOL. Never saw them do anything quite like that again - maybe this year. Where are you sitting?

23 posted on 05/27/2004 2:03:51 PM PDT by L_Von_Mises

More funny NASCAR news: (snipped out some 'boring' parts to be inline with Excerpting rules.)

Bottom line: Edgy sponsor name, OK'd by NASCAR

For a sure sign of NASCAR's mainstream appeal, one need only examine the logos of corporate titans displayed on the sides of race cars: The Home Depot. Lowe's. Target. DuPont. Boudreaux's Butt Paste.

As they say in NASCAR land, come again?

Driver Kevin Ray will attempt to make his Nextel Cup debut next weekend at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Under normal circumstances, such an event would probably pass without much notice; Ray, 26, is a journeyman driver in the grassroots ARCA Re/Max series.

But with the Hollywood crowd wearing '70s-style mesh-back "trucker" ballcaps these days — are trucker hats still in, by the way? — there's a slight chance his car's offbeat sponsorship will achieve redneck-chic status. Plans to sell hats, T-shirts and scale-model cars already are in the works.

Ray says the product isn't a joke. His wife, he swears, actually was using it to soothe his two small children's sore tailpipes even before the sponsorship deal was struck. But yes, its name is intended to elicit a chuckle or two.

"I think it's going to get us a lot of publicity," Ray says.

Why? "Because it's the Butt Paste Ford."

Should he get the chance to plug his sponsor's product on TV, will he be able to keep a straight face?

"Of course, now that I know what the product is," he says.

NASCAR officials occasionally nix edgy sponsorships. Earlier this year they wouldn't allow one team to advertise a Web site with the word "redneck" in its address. But officials seem to be OK with this product, which, after all, is sold at Wal-Mart and Target.

"I think it's very fitting that Junie Donlavey, who has brought more drivers into the world of NASCAR than any other owner, is now being sponsored by a baby product," says Jim Hunter, NASCAR's vice president of communications.

Ray will be driving the No. 90 car owned by Donlavey, who just turned 80 and has been in stock-car racing since 1950.

*SNIP* (excerpting)

In a news release from the team, Boudreaux was quoted as saying he "can't wait to see Kevin in the Butt Paste Ford moving through the field."

But given the team's rustiness and Ray's inexperience, it's a long shot. If they even make the show, they'll likely be bringing up the rear.

24 posted on 05/27/2004 3:02:56 PM PDT by Johnny Gage (God Bless our Firefighters, Police, EMS, responders, and God Bless our Veterans)

I'm glad Jeff's bad luck came last week in a race that doesn't pay points.

25 posted on 05/27/2004 3:05:45 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Does anyone know what the meaning of IS, is in Clinton-speak?)

To: WestCoastGal

First practice up right now, looks odd most have only run 3-6 laps in 45 minutes...

The 600 is a loooonnnng race. The teams are trying to protect their engines since they have to both practice and race with the same one.

26 posted on 05/27/2004 3:07:26 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Does anyone know what the meaning of IS, is in Clinton-speak?)

To: glock rocks; All

Going to the doctor is like being on a Game Show. "WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL"

Going for a Angiogram next Tuesday. Stress test showed the heart is a quart low...

27 posted on 05/27/2004 3:37:06 PM PDT by tubebender (A tag line is nothing more and nothing less than a tag line...)

OMG! This'll give DW something to yammer about between cautions :o)

28 posted on 05/27/2004 3:43:50 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

Is that your final answer ?

Want to go for door #2 ?

Like to buy a vowel ?

Well, prayers, and my very best to you my friend. That's not alot of fun, but it's all for the better.

Hey, and the doc gets a new boat out of the deal. (At least mine did.)

29 posted on 05/27/2004 3:46:46 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

To: glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt

Hey, and the doc gets a new boat out of the deal. (At least mine did.)

Pete was a Doctor???

30 posted on 05/27/2004 3:51:23 PM PDT by tubebender (A tag line is nothing more and nothing less than a tag line...)

To: tubebender; Pete-R-Bilt

whul... he said he wuz. told me my backache was because muh wallet was tooo fat. he relieved that in short order.

then next time I saw him, he had a boat on the back of that PeterBilt. hmmmmm. hadn't thought much about it.

31 posted on 05/27/2004 4:00:12 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

To: Wolfstar; NormsRevenge; All

Qualifying for the 600 has just started on SPEED.

32 posted on 05/27/2004 4:06:19 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

Thanks for the heads-up.

33 posted on 05/27/2004 4:07:23 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Does anyone know what the meaning of IS, is in Clinton-speak?)

so far...

12 newman
77 gaughan
2 rusty
32 craven
99 jeff burton
5 terry labonte
17 kenseth
45 petty
80 hillenburg

34 posted on 05/27/2004 4:31:05 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

Thanks for the update, "glock." I'm just leaving work now, and won't be able to log back onto FR until tomorrow. Will check back on this thread then.

35 posted on 05/27/2004 4:44:26 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Does anyone know what the meaning of IS, is in Clinton-speak?)

Okay.. see ya tomorrow.

as of now...

12
24
25
77
18
01
2
29
32
84
99
5
17
45
02
80

36 posted on 05/27/2004 4:46:34 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

OMG...The Lizards are back!!!

37 posted on 05/27/2004 5:00:34 PM PDT by tubebender (A tag line is nothing more and nothing less than a tag line...)

... hosting a reality show called Shoes & Socks.

38 posted on 05/27/2004 5:16:17 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

fifty two cars are qualifying. fifty two??? yike.

39 posted on 05/27/2004 5:19:03 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)

Nascar affirmative action working already ???

40 posted on 05/27/2004 5:40:04 PM PDT by tubebender (A tag line is nothing more and nothing less than a tag line...)

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