Re: **** EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JR.’S 8 —— IN LOCKDOWN! ****
Number 8: The Jailhouse Interview
The corridor is smotheringly hot. Light filters in sparingly thru microwave size barred holes hugging the spider web braided ceiling. A wall of black tempered steel bars separate me from the condemned as Barney scouts me to my elusive destination……….ironically, cell #8. But we are not in Andy’s jail up the river a ways in Mayberry, no; this place is right out of the movie Birdman of Alcatraz. Town’s people rumble that unexplained “accidents” and “disappearances” occur naturally around here, like apple pies on Aunt Bee’s window sill across from the ball park.
As Barney fumbles the massive key ring in search of the key to freedom, I spy my first glimpse of the now infamous number 8. Slouched against a cinder block wall and steels of servitude, rests an obviously near-broken number. I enter and thank him for agreeing to see me and hot plate my butt next to him on his green wooden “bar stool.”
Red Blacktop: Thanks again for seeing me 8 and giving me the opportunity to report back to all of your fans across the globe on your condition and well-being.
Number 8: You’re quite welcome Red. You and all the folks down at Left Behind Magazine have been very good to me and my boy Dale Jr. over the years.
Red Blacktop: So, how you doing 8? How you holding up?
Number 8: Ah, I’m alright, I’m holding up okay. I don’t get a water hose put to me as often as I’d like in here but I’ll manage. I receive mail twice a week and want to thank all of my fans out there for all their hard work, kind words and support during this trying time in my life. I think that I can also speak for my boy Jr. in this respect. I gain strength from all the love filled letters and emails I receive to continue on in here day after day.
Red Blacktop: For those fans that might not know 8, what is your history as an auto racing number and why the strong ties to Dale Jr.?
Number 8: Well Red, I go way back. I’ve been around almost since the inception of NASCAR. I made my debut in ‘49 at Daytona Beach with my boy Billy Carden. I’ve ridden along with a lot of big dogs boy………….……Joe Weatherly, Buddy Baker, Lee Petty, David Pearson and Bobby Allison to name just a few. I also rode with Dale Jr.’s grandpa, Ralph, for a while. Dale Sr. bought me specifically so I could tag along with Jr. We started a new millennium together and I would love to run with Jr. as long as he will have me!
Red Blacktop: But why Jr. 8? Is it the winning, the fame, the money, the women? Why Jr.?
Number 8: Better watch out now Red………..you gonna get me in trouble with my main squeeze 69. Nah, it’s all of that Red. I’ve won almost half my races riding with Jr. I’m more famous now that I’ve ever been. Ever since 2000 the people have just been drawn to me, Jr. and Bud. With success and fame usually comes money and I ain’t one to lie, yeah the money’s nice. I ain’t getting any younger you know! But the main reason is my boy Jr. You know him; you know what I’m talking about. He’s a good kid. He’ll give a guy a chance and he’ll give a guy a break. He’s humble, honest, hard working, straight forward and just an all around good ole Southern boy. I think folks can really relate to him and I just love the guy!
Red Blacktop: You mentioned Budweiser. What’s the latest you’ve heard on the Budweiser situation?
Number 8: Latest I heard was that Bud was picked up about the same time I was and is being held at an undisclosed location. Did you know, Red, that the only drink the Pilgrims brought over with them on the Mayflower was beer!? Yep. But, yeah, no, the fans don’t want to see us broken up, ya know? Like salt and pepper, peanut butter and jelly, white on rice, stink on, well, we won’t go there………skunk, yeah stink on a skunk……….but nah it just wouldn’t be right!
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