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The 2003 NASCAR Songbook
By Rob Lambert
October 12, 2003
Daydream Believer – the Monkees – anyone who thinks NA$CAR is about racing.
Stuck With You – Huey Lewis & the News – NA$CAR’s thoughts on Kenseth’s seeming runaway championship
I Want a New Drug – Huey Lewis & the News – How fans feel after another gas mileage race
Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkees – Bristol after Saturday night
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler – Elliot Sadler after Talladega
It Ain’t Me Babe – The Turtles – Kurt Busch’s thoughts on people in the wall
Some Enchanted Evening – Jay & the Americans – Anytime Jr. wins in prime time
Hot ‘Lanta – Allman Brothers – Never in November
Old Pop in an Oak – Rednex – What Junior Johnson called the stuff he used to haul
Booming and Zooming – Tom Tom Club – New name for “Bump and Run”, it sounds more exotic.
Turn! Turn! Turn! – The Byrds – What a spotter at most any track says after an encounter with Kurt Busch
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys – It will never happen in a race car
Walk Like and Egyptian – The Bangles – What drivers do if their Nomex chafes
Smooth Operator – Sade – Terry or Bobby Labonte
Wild Thing – The Troggs – Kevin Harvick
Double Shot – The Swingin’ Medallions – Two Bodine Brothers at any track near a wreck
Rebel Yell – Billy Idol – Used to be heard in Darlington on Labor Day
Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye – Labor Day in Darlington
Substitute – The Who – What the race on Labor Day in California will always be
Shake Me, Wake Me, When It’s Over – Four Tops – What I tell my honey while we are watching a race at a 1.5 mile “Cookie Cutter” track
Blues for Dixie – Asleep at the Wheel – What the future NA$CAR schedule will be for the South
I’ll Go Down Swinging – Exene Cervenka & Los Straightjackets – Jimmy Spencer’s last words to Kurt Busch
Outta Gear – Los Straightjackets – What you call it when you miss a shift taking off, or you rip out a rearend on a concrete pad in your pit
Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis – What some good driver is going to be if NA$CAR doesn’t get in gear and look at new fire retardants or better ways to control fire in the cars
Big Blon’ Baby – Jerry Lee Lewis – Bobby Hamilton, Jr. (not a knock, I just thought it was kind of cute)
Church Key – The Revels – If you don’t know, then you aren’t an old race fan. Hint, ask Sterling
Taxman – Stevie Ray Vaughn – Who really gets all the money in NA$CAR
They’re Hanging Me Tonight – Marty Robbins – What happens the next time some one is 1/16th of an inch off a template
Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix – Tony’s lady, Deana, Jamie Mc’s Miss Winston, and any woman that can put up with a race car driver.
Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs – Definitely NOT the Big Red Trailer, or what ever color it will be next year
Do You Feel It? – The Rascals – See Booming and Zooming
Paper in Fire – Mellencamp – What they need to do to the NA$CAR rule book, and then start over and make it a RACING rule book.
Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You) – Patsy Cline – What old time NASCAR fans are thinking about today’s NA$CAR
See what kind of trouble you can get into if you let your mind wander while you are listening to an oldies station?
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The 2003 NASCAR Songbook
