It’s not about the number or the sponsor, it’s about the man.
Jr. will do just fine where he is going!
Most anyone else driving with the #8 will likely look like a joke, baring a few exceptions.
Anyone watching the NASCAR show on ABC?
I agree with NY about the number. It will just be very difficult to see him in another one since he made the #8 famous. But oh well, Teresa probably wanted a gazillion dollars, in other words there was nothing legitimate on their side of the table, she and the "family" man Max wanted to appear as though they tried. Phony negotiations, they will be sorry.
Tonight QVC from Graceland. 9pm ET for Jr. but the show starts at 8pm.
Monday night with Mamaw Martha and Aunt Kathy.
Richmond Elvis paint scheme which will be the LAST special paint scheme for the Bud #8 car EVER.
Anyone watching the NASCAR show on ABC?
I really thought it was going to be a fluff piece put together by the NASCAR PR people when ABC described Jimmie Johnson as a
clean-cut driver who plays by the rules and always keeps his cool. That was the funniest damn thing I've seen in a long time - "plays by the rules". Out of everybody that ABC could have picked to describe as somebody who "plays by the rules", they picked Jimmie Johnson LMAO. What's next, are they going to show Kevin Harvick as a quiet person who never wrecks anybody and never gets in a hissy fit when somebody wrecks him?
They showed Montoya and Sauter getting some boos during the introduction, and I'm almost betting money they won't show the boos that Johnson and Jeff Gordon get, which can sometimes be about 10 times louder than Montoya, Sauter, and most of the other drivers put together. If they are going to play up Johnson as clean-cut and following the rules, then I'm sure they won't show any negative stuff.
My thoughts on the show - ABC definitely got a cross section of fans, although most tended to run towards the heavy side. They had minorities, they had plenty of women, they even had a gay biker couple - NASCAR wants this image of accepting everybody as a fan whether they are black, white, brown, female, gay, whatever, and ABC did a good job of that.
I think they could have selected who they followed a bit better - Montoya was boring - yeah, they wanted to show his young family and what it's like for them, as well as his transition, but that's boring - he would be more interesting a year from now when he's settle down and has more experience in stockcars. Same with Sauter (or "Slaughter as some of the fans on the show called him because of his propensity for causing big wrecks), he's a young driver with an underfunded team - that's 75% of NASCAR right there.
Where they really were strong was Mark Martin. They should have just followed him during the whole show, because it was very fascinating. He is a class act, and it showed.
I would mention one other thing - you knew the ABC series was going to be pretty bad in parts when they mentioned 'Talladega Nights' helping make NASCAR "mainstream".
Personally, I think this show was done to help protect ABC/ESPN's investment in broadcasting NASCAR races, since ratings have been iffy this past season or two.
ESPN has done much better shows on NASCAR in the past, I'm not sure why they don't run those.