NASCAR: March 2008 Archives
Well, it's not technically the holidays that are belated, it's me.
Regardless, no Cup race this past weekend means it must be Easter. So happy Easter, everyone.
And to our Jewish readers, happy Purim. That one's belated, too.
That said, congratulations to Scott Wimmer for Saturday's win at the Pepsi 300. I guess that's belated, too.
But in the interest of offsetting all my lateness, I will make a prediction: The next race will take place in Martinsville.
Fine, want a real prediction? Mike Skinner to win the Truck Series race. He's pretty good there on the short track.
Also, watch for Chrissy Wallace to make her debut in the same race, with her dad, Mike as her spotter. And for those of you who have a problem with that, science has gone a long way to prove girls don't really have cooties.
And some breaking news (I'm good; what can I say):
“The World of Outlaws broadcasts in 2007 showed us how exciting dirt track racing can be on television,” stated Rick Miner, SPEED senior vice president of Production and Network Operations. “The success of the World Finals show from The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway gave us a gameplan for ‘08, as part of that plan we will be treating the five new super-sized events just as we do any other major motorsports event on SPEED, which should significantly raise the profile of World of Outlaws racing.”
(Courtesy of DrugStoreNews.com)
Side note: you will get into great conversations about car racing with pretty much everyone you meet. These are people who can name crew chiefs other than Chad Knaus.
First, there's a good article at NASCAR.com on the importance of numbers in the upcoming Atlanta race. Looks like racing's giving baseball a run for its money in the "potentially meaningful statistics" category. It's nothing like "New York has beaten Chicago six of the last seven times when they've played on a Tuesday and it rained in the morning the night after a lunar eclipse," but it's gettin' closer.
"289: Laps led at Atlanta by Mike Skinner, more than any other driver who has not won at the track. Skinner has five top-10s in 13 starts at AMS."
Second, an interesting story I came across in the course of my day job. Turns out that having your car painted like a beer can inspires people to buy that beer. Go figure. Promo Magazine has a pretty interesting look into marketing products through NASCAR. Maybe the government should sponsor the #51 "Pay Your Taxes" Chevrolet. Maybe not.
