Drop the Green Flag

If the sight of cars driving around in circle while commentators describe air pressure and pit strategy excites you…well then you already know that NASCAR, aka America’s rolling billboard tour, is back...and while T3I are no experts at --well--anything, we are even less informed when it comes to this “sport.” However, since I have been on a go-kart track as recently as 8 years ago and my hometown contains so much white trash, that cemeteries have become known as landfills…I feel I’m sufficiently qualified to provide the readers with a few lugnuts before the start of this weekend’s season opening Daytona 500.

Name changes: The Nextel Cup Series is now known as the Sprint Cup Series, and the Busch Series is now called the Nationwide Series…all I can say is where are Winston and Skoal when you need them?

Tony Stewart will be driving a Toyota Camry this Sunday… actually during the race, somewhat related Daytona Beach police report that sushi vendors are complaining of excess hazing this week.

Dale Earnhardt Jr, who used to drive the Budweiser car, now is driving a car sponsored by Amp Energy drink…word on the makeshift camping grounds is that Amp & Absolut has become all the rage.

Dario Franchitti, he of the ridiculously hot wife, is racing full time on the circuit this year, which hopefully means we get to see more of this.

A reminder that Nascar races are notoriously long and dull, after a Saturday night of drinking, we at T3I prescribe some Goody’s Headache Powder, a few shrimp Po’boys from Popeyes and 500 Nascar miles with the television sound off…we promise you’ll feel better after a 4 hour nap…and you won’t have missed a thing.