The Budweiser Shootout was on Saturday and it was a slip-slidin’ good time, just ask Kurt Busch. Congratulations to Kevin Harvick and the team of the No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet on winning the night’s race.
While I didn’t like the way the race ended, it doesn’t mean that the whole green/white/checkered idea needs to be revisited. Of course we’d all like the race to end under green but what else can we do? Just because something is lame doesn’t mean you have to change something. Sometimes you just have to live with it. You can’t make people not do something that they don’t know that they’re going to do i.e. cause wrecks.
What else did I learn from watching the Budweiser Shootout? Oh, I dunno that there’s only been one race broadcast and I’m already tired of Digger and his friends.
Earlier in the day was the ARCA race featuring Danica Patrick. I don’t know that there were any other drivers in the race besides her and there in lies the whole reason why I’m irked she’s coming to NASCAR, and it’s not even her fault. I don’t fault her. Let me repeat that so everybody doesn’t get all pissed that I’m hating on Danica. I DON’T FAULT HER. It’s the dissection of her move to NASCAR that is the most ANNOYING THING on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
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Apparently there’s something in the water of the NASCAR garage because everybody is either procreating or getting married these days, which is further proof that I need to get my butt to a NASCAR race ASAP!
Kyle Busch proposed to his longtime girlfriend Samantha Sarcinella at Daytona Thursday night and she said yes. She’s on Twitter now too, so go follow her. Let’s hope she posts the wedding day details!
In other news…
– Did you know that Nicole Manske married IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe this past December? I know, I’m a lamer and didn’t. Anywho, I extend my belated congratulations to the couple and follow it up with another “Did you know?” fact. Nicole — who is now going by her married name Briscoe — and Danica Patrick are both from Roscoe, IL and went to the same high school, although a few years separate them. Cool right? And now, Nicole is married to a guy that races against Danica in IndyCar. Fun stuff.
The photo below is from an interview Nicole did with Danica on ESPN last week.
– On Thursday night Jimmie Johnson hit up the Jose Cuervo Platino Penthouse and Hotel 944 Party sponsored by Jose Cuervo and GUINNESS in Miami, Florida with longtime friend Nick Lachey. Also in attendance was Nick’s brother Drew Lachey and former Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minillo (Nick’s girlfriend). The group ran into rapper Snoop Dogg as you can see for yourself in the photo below. I have to wonder what Jimmie’s rapper name would be but I can’t think of anything good. Ideas??
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, rapper Snoop Dogg and singer/TV personality Nick Lachey attend the Hotel 944 Party sponsored by Jose Cuervo and GUINNESS at Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach on February 04, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by: Vallery Jean /Getty for Jose Cuervo)
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, singer/TV personality Drew Lachey and singer/TV personality Nick Lachey attend the Hotel 944 Party sponsored by Jose Cuervo and GUINNESS at Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach on February 04, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by: Vallery Jean /Getty for Jose Cuervo)
Actress/TV personality Vanessa Minillo attends the Hotel 944 Party sponsored by Jose Cuervo and GUINNESS at Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach on February 04, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by: Getty for Jose Cuervo)
So, omigosh, there’s news! Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid are expecting their second child!! Woo-hoo! Why am I this excited about a stranger’s pregnancy?? I dunno! But I hope it’s a boy ’cause that’d be adorable.
In general, aren’t you all stoked that the 2010 NASCAR season is upon us? Budweiser Shootout on Saturday! It’s all starting up again and it’s fun. Although, all the PR emails I’ve been receiving this week have been crazy, I need, like, a day to just read everything.
And speaking of media, today was NASCAR Media Day where all the drivers were attacked by about 300 members of the various media outlets from all over. NASCAR.com had this funny little video clip show of the day’s activities. Read the rest of this entry »
Last week Kyle Busch was back in his hometown of Las Vegas to promote the upcoming NASCAR race weekend February 26-28 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He stopped by his old day job, HobbyTown USA, to race RC cars with local fans. There were photos and I felt compelled to post them. I also think it’s fun to know what kind of job Kyle used to have before he became a famous racecar driver.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch says hi to Bandolero driver Austin Blair Tuesday in Las Vegas at HobbyTown USA — a store where used to work. Busch was in his hometown to promote the Feb. 26-28 NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Credit: John Bisci / Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch is at the controls of his RC car Tuesday in Las Vegas at HobbyTown USA — a store where used to work. Busch was in his hometown to promote the Feb. 26-28 NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.(Credit: John Bisci / Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch talks with fellow RC racer Edwin Flores Tuesday in Las Vegas at HobbyTown USA — a store where used to work. Busch was in his hometown to promote the Feb. 26-28 NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.(Credit: John Bisci / Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
Dear HBO,
I love you. Will you marry me? Seriously, I was smitten with Sex and the City and then I was head over heels with Curb Your Enthusiasm, and now I feel like we should make it official.
I just watched the first episode of 24/7 Jimmie Johnson: Race to Daytona and it was so good I didn’t want it to end. 30 minutes was not enough. Luckily for me, and everyone else, there are 3 more episodes left.
First of all, it looked like I was watching it in HD when I wasn’t. It was beautiful. The director, camera dudes and editors all deserve raises. I was geeking out over just how great the whole thing looked.
Second, as usual your storytelling skills were on point. Thank you for the steady voiceover and the reenactment of Rick Hendrick eating cookies & milk off of a Mickey Mouse plate.
It was everything I expected and more. I learned that Jimmie has abs! I found out that Chandra is getting acupuncture treatments to deal with morning sickness! Chad Knaus’ kitchen is ridiculous and he grinds his own coffee beans! I love that stuff.
But on a serious note, I sincerely hope that a ton of non-NASCAR fans take the time to watch this great show. It’s the perfect opportunity for newbies to get a better understanding of — and an inside look at — what it takes to race in NASCAR. You guys have done it again in creating awesome premium television content. This is how Jimmie Johnson’s story should be told.
xoxo
-Valli
P.S. – I know the series isn’t about Dale Earnhardt Jr. but could you slip him in here and there? Thank you!!
There have been moments in the life of this blog that I will remember FOR-EV-ER. I have goals for this website and for myself, and so far I’ve had four of them come to fruition. They’ve been those moments where after it was all said and done I thought to myself “Holy crap, that just happened.” Finally getting to attend a Dale Earnhardt Jr. hauler-side press conference for the first time, interviewing Dale Jarrett, sitting on a NASCAR panel at Blog World, and attending Champion’s Week have all been super huge for me. Each one has been a step forward.
And now I get to add a new milestone to the list. Yesterday I received my very own NASCAR media hard card! This means that I’m in, like, truly in, permanently (well, at least for this year) to all of NASCAR’s events.
“With great power comes great responsibility”
That is a quote from the first Spider-Man movie. Yes, I’m quoting fictional characters. But here’s why: I feel like now that I have this hard card — that I’ve coveted from afar for so long — I have to do great things with it. I can’t not use it. It would be like having a Ferrari in your garage and never driving it. This spurs me on to want to do MORE. I want to do bigger and better things and keep creating unique and fun content that you’re not going to get anywhere else.
Of course, with everything that I might want to do with this site there’s only so much I can do on my own. I’m not shy about saying how important advertisers and sponsors are to the continued development of this site. They’re super important!
Because I have a day job the amount of time that I can spend working on this blog is limited, and it also limits the races that I can get to. You can imagine how disheartening it is to know that I can go to any friggin’ race I want but I can’t because I have another job to do. I know that what will attract sponsors and advertisers is my audience, but in order to have a super large audience that will attract said advertisers I need to have tons of kick butt content, but in order to have tons of kick butt content I need to be able to spend more time creating it, but I can’t spend more time creating it because I have a day job. So you see my conundrum.
And a clear example of this is that I can’t go to the Auto Club 500 in February as I had planned because of work responsibilities. However, I’m still planning on going to Las Vegas the following weekend.
Anyway, I’m celebrating this moment like crazy. It’s so cool and I’m so glad that NASCAR trusts/respects me enough to allow me to be a part of their media corps. I’m going to go take a nap with my hard card now.
