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The Cake Boss!
Watching a show this morning and they had the Cake Boss on. They showed a full size stock car cake that he had made! It weighed over 5000 lbs. That's one big cake!!!!
Yep they even made an edible engine :^)
Yep they even made an edible engine :^)
Stories we are not Likely to Read!
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. Announces Strenuous Fitness Program: Admitting that he’s not getting any younger, Junior vows to start a rigorous fitness routine, under the guidance of teammate Mark Martin. “I’ve noticed how Mark gets out of the car each week looking ready to drive another 500 miles,” the sport’s most popular driver said, “while I get out huffing and puffing like I just ran the Boston Marathon. I’m sure that doesn’t have anything to do with why I seem to fade late in some of these races, but it couldn’t hurt to shape up a little bit.”
• Pocono Raceway Reduces Length of Races From 500 to 400 miles: A Pocono official admitted that for years they’d wanted to shorten the track’s two races, which average almost four hours in length. “But we had all these preprinted brochures and track signage featuring “Pocono 500” and “Pennsylvania 500,” said the official. “Now that those are all gone, we can make the races any length we want. If 400 miles is still too long, we might look at 300-mile events.”
• NASCAR Announces Unlimited Testing Policy: The sanctioning body, which has severely restricted testing in recent years, announced that any team can test at any track as often as it likes. Said one NASCAR official: “Have you heard of any other sport in the world where competitors aren’t allowed to practice to improve themselves? Well, we haven’t, either. Turns out, it wasn’t saving anyone that much money, either.”
• Chad Knaus Takes Vacation: Admitting he’s ready for a break after a record four consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, crew chief Knaus said he’s taking a two-month vacation. “I’m tired of being at the shop almost every day, trying to find an edge on the competition,” he said. “I’m going to take some time off and come back to work the day before Speedweeks at Daytona.”
• Start-And-Park Teams Admit To Deception: Several teams accused of starting races and parking their car after only a few laps just to collect purse money admitted they felt ashamed because they were “gaming the system.” Team officials promised to try to run the full distance in each event they enter next season. “I mean, really, how many times can a team owner claim his car had “Electrical Problems” after only six laps and keep a straight face?” said one S&P team owner.
• Kyle Busch Completes Dale Carnegie Course: Admitting that he’s been a little “rough around the edges,” since entering the sport, Busch completed Carnegie’s world-famous self-improvement course during the offseason. “I apologize to everyone for being such a &$#%*&*,” Busch said, after treating dozens of reporters to lunch at an expensive Charlotte-area steakhouse.
From: Nascar Scene
• Pocono Raceway Reduces Length of Races From 500 to 400 miles: A Pocono official admitted that for years they’d wanted to shorten the track’s two races, which average almost four hours in length. “But we had all these preprinted brochures and track signage featuring “Pocono 500” and “Pennsylvania 500,” said the official. “Now that those are all gone, we can make the races any length we want. If 400 miles is still too long, we might look at 300-mile events.”
• NASCAR Announces Unlimited Testing Policy: The sanctioning body, which has severely restricted testing in recent years, announced that any team can test at any track as often as it likes. Said one NASCAR official: “Have you heard of any other sport in the world where competitors aren’t allowed to practice to improve themselves? Well, we haven’t, either. Turns out, it wasn’t saving anyone that much money, either.”
• Chad Knaus Takes Vacation: Admitting he’s ready for a break after a record four consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, crew chief Knaus said he’s taking a two-month vacation. “I’m tired of being at the shop almost every day, trying to find an edge on the competition,” he said. “I’m going to take some time off and come back to work the day before Speedweeks at Daytona.”
• Start-And-Park Teams Admit To Deception: Several teams accused of starting races and parking their car after only a few laps just to collect purse money admitted they felt ashamed because they were “gaming the system.” Team officials promised to try to run the full distance in each event they enter next season. “I mean, really, how many times can a team owner claim his car had “Electrical Problems” after only six laps and keep a straight face?” said one S&P team owner.
• Kyle Busch Completes Dale Carnegie Course: Admitting that he’s been a little “rough around the edges,” since entering the sport, Busch completed Carnegie’s world-famous self-improvement course during the offseason. “I apologize to everyone for being such a &$#%*&*,” Busch said, after treating dozens of reporters to lunch at an expensive Charlotte-area steakhouse.
From: Nascar Scene
Who gives a Rat's A$$
Stop the madness! If I have to listen to all the blithering idiots dotting over Danica Patrick for the next two months I'm gonna snap! Another mediocre driver comes along and it's like the second coming.
Man it's gonna be a long winter.............................
Cheers; Mass
Man it's gonna be a long winter.............................
Cheers; Mass
Kentucky Bites the Dust!
Good Luck to them ever getting a race now!
Appeals court rules against Kentucky Speedway: A federal appeals court has rejected claims by a Kentucky track that NASCAR violates federal antitrust laws by keeping it off the premier racing circuit. The decision issued Friday by a three-judge panel from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ends, for now, Kentucky Speedway's legal efforts at forcing NASCAR to bring a Sprint Cup race to the northern Kentucky track. The panel said Kentucky Speedway failed to prove NASCAR and International Speedway Corp., worked together to with other tracks to keep the Kentucky track from getting a Sprint Cup race. Kentucky Speedway sued NASCAR in 2005 after being rejected multiple times for a top level race. The race track, about halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati, has drawn huge crowds to some of its other races.
Appeals court rules against Kentucky Speedway: A federal appeals court has rejected claims by a Kentucky track that NASCAR violates federal antitrust laws by keeping it off the premier racing circuit. The decision issued Friday by a three-judge panel from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ends, for now, Kentucky Speedway's legal efforts at forcing NASCAR to bring a Sprint Cup race to the northern Kentucky track. The panel said Kentucky Speedway failed to prove NASCAR and International Speedway Corp., worked together to with other tracks to keep the Kentucky track from getting a Sprint Cup race. Kentucky Speedway sued NASCAR in 2005 after being rejected multiple times for a top level race. The race track, about halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati, has drawn huge crowds to some of its other races.
Nascar Awards
Good Lord, the awards show is scheduled for 4 hours tonight! What the hell are they going to yap about for 4 hours? Maybe they will interview the 300 fans selected to attend, yawn! Maybe we'll get to see who the sloppiest eater is :^)
They are really milking this move to Vegas.
They are really milking this move to Vegas.
The Stewie Awards
Tony Stewart announces his award choices!
The winners of the 2009 Stewie Awards:
"Feels Like The First Time" Award
Recognizing the most notable "first" of the NASCAR season
• Kevin Harvick gets first win in his own Nationwide Series car on March 21.
Best Original Drama
Honoring the year's most dramatic moment or sequence
• 50-year-old Mark Martin makes the Chase in his first year with Hendrick Motorsports.
Best Original Comedy
Honoring the year's most entertaining "incident"
• Denny Hamlin vs. Brad Keselowski: Keselowski spins Hamlin into the wall late in NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover on Sep. 26. After the race, crews from both teams get into a pit road skirmish.
Best Vocal Performance
Honoring the year's most memorable quote
• Tony Stewart "in awe" of Jeff Gordon post-race at Kansas. (Oct. 4)
Smokey Yunick Award (Best Engineering and Special Effects)
Acknowledging the year's most creative modifications to a race car
• Mark Martin's No. 5 and Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 cars for not being illegal, yet causing a media frenzy in September after being warned by NASCAR that they were "getting too close to the tolerance limits" set forth by NASCAR.
Bonehead Move of the Year Award
• Kyle Busch destroys his Nationwide Series guitar/trophy at Nashville in true "rock star fashion" on June 6.
"I Got Dumped" Award
Acknowledging the year's most memorable on or off-track bumping
• Marcos Ambrose loses Nationwide Series race at Montreal on last lap to Carl Edwards by misjudging final turn on Aug. 30.
Hal Needham Award (Best Stunt Sequence)
Acknowledging the year's most spectacular crash
• Carl Edwards wrecks on the final lap at Talladega in the spring (Apr. 26) and sends the car flipping into the catch fence. Edwards gets out of car and runs across finish line to complete the race.
Best Driver2Crew Chatter Exchange
Acknowledging the year's most memorable driver-to-pit crew communication
• Juan Montoya penalized by NASCAR at Indy for speeding on pit lane on July 26.
Golden Stewie Award
Chosen by Stewart and Yocum and honoring a legendary driver from the Golden Era of racing
• David Pearson
"Stewie" Lifetime Achievement Award
• Rick Hendrick
The winners of the 2009 Stewie Awards:
"Feels Like The First Time" Award
Recognizing the most notable "first" of the NASCAR season
• Kevin Harvick gets first win in his own Nationwide Series car on March 21.
Best Original Drama
Honoring the year's most dramatic moment or sequence
• 50-year-old Mark Martin makes the Chase in his first year with Hendrick Motorsports.
Best Original Comedy
Honoring the year's most entertaining "incident"
• Denny Hamlin vs. Brad Keselowski: Keselowski spins Hamlin into the wall late in NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover on Sep. 26. After the race, crews from both teams get into a pit road skirmish.
Best Vocal Performance
Honoring the year's most memorable quote
• Tony Stewart "in awe" of Jeff Gordon post-race at Kansas. (Oct. 4)
Smokey Yunick Award (Best Engineering and Special Effects)
Acknowledging the year's most creative modifications to a race car
• Mark Martin's No. 5 and Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 cars for not being illegal, yet causing a media frenzy in September after being warned by NASCAR that they were "getting too close to the tolerance limits" set forth by NASCAR.
Bonehead Move of the Year Award
• Kyle Busch destroys his Nationwide Series guitar/trophy at Nashville in true "rock star fashion" on June 6.
"I Got Dumped" Award
Acknowledging the year's most memorable on or off-track bumping
• Marcos Ambrose loses Nationwide Series race at Montreal on last lap to Carl Edwards by misjudging final turn on Aug. 30.
Hal Needham Award (Best Stunt Sequence)
Acknowledging the year's most spectacular crash
• Carl Edwards wrecks on the final lap at Talladega in the spring (Apr. 26) and sends the car flipping into the catch fence. Edwards gets out of car and runs across finish line to complete the race.
Best Driver2Crew Chatter Exchange
Acknowledging the year's most memorable driver-to-pit crew communication
• Juan Montoya penalized by NASCAR at Indy for speeding on pit lane on July 26.
Golden Stewie Award
Chosen by Stewart and Yocum and honoring a legendary driver from the Golden Era of racing
• David Pearson
"Stewie" Lifetime Achievement Award
• Rick Hendrick
Yes, He really said that.........
Rick Hendrick on contract negotiations with Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus. "Jimmie and I tried to look at a lifetime deal. I couldn't borrow enough money to make it work. But, you know, Chad has a multi-year deal. Chad and I have talked about retiring together."
