Gordon Comes Clean on Wind Tunnel/ Better Day for Open Wheelers at Martinsville/ Reid Shopping for a Ride/ Open Wheeler Legend Wins/ Hot Chick Warning
Gordon Comes Clean on Wind Tunnel
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain has to be one of the best racing programs on TV. It usually brings out the truth from the movers and shakers in the sport. Sunday Jeff Gordon co-hosted the program. Despain put Gordon and Dale Earnhart Jr. together and both of them field phone calls from fans.
“I wine too much… in the heat of the moment,” Gordon admitted to Despain. “I agree that sometimes I wine too much.”
He also took on NASCAR and their development of the Car of Tomorrow.
“I don’t believe it (COT) symbolized the future of racing,” said Gordon. “I don’t like the way it looks.”
The four time Cup Champ says he likes the safety aspects but there is room for improvement in other areas.
The funniest part of the program came when the folks at WT ran a takeoff on the Guinness Draft in a bottle commercial. SPEED’s F1 commentators poked fun at Gordon’s mustache
and his ability to kiss his girlfriend and then hug another woman next to her. The segment was “brilliant.” That segment and the rest of Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain is scheduled for rebroadcast at 12am and 10am eastern Monday morning.
Better Day for Open Wheelers at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway was rough on the Open Wheelers in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Saturday. Sunday, the story would change as six of the top thirteen Nextel Cup finishers today were Open Wheelers.
Jeff Gordon was off to a good start as he led several laps.
Early in the race it was Open Wheeler vs Open Wheeler as Ryan Newman got into Casey Mears.
Ken Schrader and Dale Jarrett were victims of this accident caused by rookie David Ragan.
Schrader was running in the top ten at the time.
After he got out of his car he helped the track crew with cleanup. No he did not throw the bar.
Casey Mears would go around again when David Gilliland hit him from behind. Mears would recover from two spins, none of his own making, to finish 6th. Jimmy Johnson won the race.
Martinsville Cup Results
1. (48 Jimmie Johnson)
4. 20 Tony Stewart
5. 24 Jeff Gordon
6. 42 Casey Mears
7. 9 Kasey Kahne
12. 99 Carl Edwards
13. 12 Ryan Newman
31. 18 JJ Yeley
33. 22 Dave Blaney
37. 7 Robby Gordon
41. 21 Ken Schrader
Reid Shopping for a Ride
Krista Voda reported on The Speed Report Sunday night that Boston Reid was in the Cup garage in Martinsville talking to several owners about running for them in 2007. Reid told SPEED that he would be interested in racing in any of NASCAR’s top three series. The Speen Report is scheduled for rebroadcast 9am eastern Monday morning.
Open Wheeler Legend Wins
One of the biggest contributors to Open Wheel racing, Paul Newman won his class at the SCCA race at Lime Rock Park today.
Hot Chick Warning
Phoenix International Raceway hit the male demographic on the head
when they cast this lovely lady in their latest national ad.
The television ad promotes ticket sales for the NASCAR weekend at PIR.
All images courtesy of NBC, SPEED and NASCAR Images.
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain has to be one of the best racing programs on TV. It usually brings out the truth from the movers and shakers in the sport. Sunday Jeff Gordon co-hosted the program. Despain put Gordon and Dale Earnhart Jr. together and both of them field phone calls from fans.
“I wine too much… in the heat of the moment,” Gordon admitted to Despain. “I agree that sometimes I wine too much.”
He also took on NASCAR and their development of the Car of Tomorrow.
“I don’t believe it (COT) symbolized the future of racing,” said Gordon. “I don’t like the way it looks.”
The four time Cup Champ says he likes the safety aspects but there is room for improvement in other areas.
The funniest part of the program came when the folks at WT ran a takeoff on the Guinness Draft in a bottle commercial. SPEED’s F1 commentators poked fun at Gordon’s mustache
and his ability to kiss his girlfriend and then hug another woman next to her. The segment was “brilliant.” That segment and the rest of Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain is scheduled for rebroadcast at 12am and 10am eastern Monday morning.
Better Day for Open Wheelers at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway was rough on the Open Wheelers in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Saturday. Sunday, the story would change as six of the top thirteen Nextel Cup finishers today were Open Wheelers.
Jeff Gordon was off to a good start as he led several laps.
Early in the race it was Open Wheeler vs Open Wheeler as Ryan Newman got into Casey Mears.
Ken Schrader and Dale Jarrett were victims of this accident caused by rookie David Ragan.
Schrader was running in the top ten at the time.
After he got out of his car he helped the track crew with cleanup. No he did not throw the bar.
Casey Mears would go around again when David Gilliland hit him from behind. Mears would recover from two spins, none of his own making, to finish 6th. Jimmy Johnson won the race.
Martinsville Cup Results
1. (48 Jimmie Johnson)
4. 20 Tony Stewart
5. 24 Jeff Gordon
6. 42 Casey Mears
7. 9 Kasey Kahne
12. 99 Carl Edwards
13. 12 Ryan Newman
31. 18 JJ Yeley
33. 22 Dave Blaney
37. 7 Robby Gordon
41. 21 Ken Schrader
Reid Shopping for a Ride
Krista Voda reported on The Speed Report Sunday night that Boston Reid was in the Cup garage in Martinsville talking to several owners about running for them in 2007. Reid told SPEED that he would be interested in racing in any of NASCAR’s top three series. The Speen Report is scheduled for rebroadcast 9am eastern Monday morning.
Open Wheeler Legend Wins
One of the biggest contributors to Open Wheel racing, Paul Newman won his class at the SCCA race at Lime Rock Park today.
Hot Chick Warning
Phoenix International Raceway hit the male demographic on the head
when they cast this lovely lady in their latest national ad.
The television ad promotes ticket sales for the NASCAR weekend at PIR.
All images courtesy of NBC, SPEED and NASCAR Images.
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