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Blame the France family. With the growth of NASCAR they're trying to bring in all the big stars. Affleck driving the pace car and Whoopi Goldberg looking like an absolute idiot on the starter's stand, holding out the flag with both hands

The analysts may not think of NASCAR Dads as green, but a well-oiled administration that revoked approval of the Kyoto protocols, made a scam of fuel emission standards and barely uttered a post-9/11 peep about renewable energy is offering the next generation a future as dark as the track

I doubt there were more than 5 people at that race, and less than 10 watching the race to be watching it and not the photo op from Bush that could care less about Kyoto or 'alternative' fuels

What would have happened if Whoopi had dropped the flag? I've only been watching for a few years now (since Kevin Harvick won his first race, edging out one of the nastier drivers with a clean rep (kind of reminds me of Clinton) J. Gordon. (I know, I'll probably get death threats from 24 fans out there, but hey, I LIKE Happy)) so I don't know all the rules. What do they do if the celeb who's waving the starting flag drops it onto the track? Yellow and bring it around for a restart on lap 2? Ignore it? What?

I was watching TV with my oldest son (now 3 but 4 in less than 2 weeks) and he was right around 1. Dale Sr. had just passed and I had never watched a race. I enjoyed Days Of Thunder, but never actually turned on a race after. So, I was flipping through the channels with a grumpy little one reaching for the clicker. I hit a button to change the channel and tossed it to the other side of the sofa. It was on an ad. About 30 seconds later, little guy curled up on my shoulder and fell asleep. Every time I reached for the clicker, he's stir. So, I stopped reaching. I was stuck on what I had landed on. It was the race. My cheering for Kevin at the end was what woke my son from his 3 hour nap on my shoulder. I was hooked. I tape it each week now and watch as I can live. Then I watch the tape to see what I missed.

Paul