Monday, October 27, 2008

Hey Jeff Gordon... drink your damn Pepsi.

It's the little things that irritate me. And the big things. And Ohio drivers. But anyway.

If you've ever flipped on a Nascar race... before tires start going down and cars fly into the wall, before 43 state-of-the-art carbureted, 2-valve, pushrod V8's fire up, they have the driver interviews.

In every one of them Jeff Gordon is standing there with his Pepsi just visible on the TV screen. Every time it looks like he uncapped it about 5 seconds before hand and hasn't taken a sip. He talks, does his spiel, and then right when he finishes he takes one sip.

Hey! Make it at least look like you're enjoying your sponsor's product! Drink some ahead of time! Why wouldn't you? It's probably hot out there anyway, especially in a Nomex suit. Otherwise ship some back to me.

Probably a good thing I don't get to the track much (well, ever). I'd be completely overloaded on Red Bull from the #84 and #83 teams.

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