Good morning from Daytona International Speedway on race day.
FrontstretchThe wakeup call came early this morning but traffic coming in here a little bit before 8 a.m. was almost nonexistent. That was just a little bit surprising. I wouldn’t dare try and drive toward New Hampshire Motor Speedway at 8 a.m. on race day and here we are the biggest event on the NASCAR schedule and it’s a breeze getting in at that hour.
As I sit in the press box right now I’m looking down on the frontstretch and it’s just kind of surreal right now. I’m looking down at fans flooded on the frontstretch while Chubby Checker’s pre-race press conference is being played over the PA in the press box. Just kind of strange.
Chubby, or Mr. Checker I guess, is part of the pre-race show. At the moment he’s explaining to reporters how to do The Twist. This is just all too strange for me.
We went from hearing the Air Force Thunderbird pilots talking about thrust and years of timing practice at 400 mph to Chubby explaining in detail how to do The Pony. Just a little weird for me.
But yes, it’s race day. Only a few hours from the start of the 2008 Sprint Cup Season.
Oh wait, gotta go Kool And The Gang has just arrived for their press conferece.
By the way, someone from Kool And The Gang said the group's favorite driver is Jeff Gordon because's he's flamboyant. Nice.
Hey, aren't you Rob Spiller?
http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2008/02/good-morning-fr.html
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