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A Few Post-Holiday NASCAR NotesAn Opinion
January 4, 2008
By Rebecca Gladden
To get you in a proper frame of mind, here are a few items of interest from the racing news front that you may have missed in all the hustle and bustle of the past few weeks:
The latest new report I read said that Waltrip had an initial court appearance scheduled for May of last year, which was continued until June, but there seemed to be no followup after that. At press time, the website of the North Caroline Court System shows Waltrip currently on the court calendar for two upcoming dates: Wednesday, February 13, for the reckless driving charge, and Tuesday, February 19, for a charge of speeding. I'm not sure whether Waltrip will need to be present in person on either of those dates, but the timing can't be considered good with the Bud Shootout on February 9 and the Daytona 500 on February 17. Waltrip started off the 2007 season on a sour note due to the Daytona 500 fuel additive cheating scandal, and it appears that this year could begin with controversy for him as well.
But Earnhardt will have plenty to tell the boys in the garage about how he spent his Christmas vacation - otherwise known as Marcos and Dale's Excellent Adventure. Earnhardt spent part of December in Australia as a guest of Tasmanian native Marcos Ambrose, who crossed over from the V8 Supercar Championship Series in Australia to NASCAR racing in 2006. Among the sites the pair visited was the V8 Super School co-owned by Ambrose, though an article in Australia's Herald-Sun newspaper cheekily pointed out that Earnhardt "earns more money than the entire V8 Supercar field combined." Earnhardt also visited Melbourne, Sydney, and the Gold Coast, where he managed to find time to pose for photos with the girls from the Hooters Restaurant at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast.
In the bonus round, one of Marlin's crew was asked to "name something dogs do better than people." His answer: Pee.
Only in NASCAR, right?
The thoughts and ideas expressed by this writer or any other writer on Insider Racing News, are not necessarily the views of the staff and/or management of IRN.
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