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Waltrip wins again!

Michael Waltrip just won his second race of the weekend!

But, John, it's only Friday. The 500 isn't until Sunday.

Yeah, yeah, I know. But today, a day after Waltrip won the first Gatorade Duel, he smoked Greg Biffle in the Full Throttle Armchair Challenge. (It wasn't on my schedule either. Who knew?)

The folks at Coke, who are promo-ing the company's new energy drink, somehow talked Waltrip and Biffle into racing motorized recliners that get up to about 40 m.p.h.

The things drivers do to make their sponsors happy.

Oh, there's photographic evidence (or blackmail pictures - take your pick) after the jump:


Waltrip Biffle racing shot.JPG

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norskar said:


That's not like any recliner I've ever seen. Why did they have to make those stupid things? It'd be easy enough to put four wheels and a motor on a real recliner. That's just stupid.

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