A little early
The Charlotte Observer will be sending blogging staff writer Andy Shain to the races in Charlotte later this month. He launched the blog yesterday, never mind the fact that the Cup guys have one more race at a track worse on tires than an LMS paved with ground beer cans and razor blades.
In related Charlotte Observer staff news, David Poole can't understand (second item) why 100,000 fans can't magically disappear after the race so he can drive back to his hotel room. Maybe someone can suggest an alternate route - or take up a collection for a helicopter.
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Poole doesn't need a helicopter, he needs one of those cargo planes they use to transfer animals to and from the zoo.
Posted on May 9, 2006 1:56 PM
That wasn't nice to call a fat man fat.
Posted on May 9, 2006 3:27 PM
Thanks for the tip on Andy Shain's blog, I'll be looking forward to his reports from Charlotte.
Also note everyone go over and give some love to Andy. His first post gathered in two hate filled non-sensical and childish comments already.
Posted on May 9, 2006 5:08 PM
What Poole neglects to mention is that the reason he's driving on the wide sidewalks (aka roads) at the Richmond Fairgrounds is because he has a media parking pass that lets him park close enough to the track that a flying tire could crush his rental ride. Every he's trying not to run over is hoofing it back to their rides, which are a mile-plus away. It's a long walk, trust me.
Posted on May 9, 2006 5:13 PM
Would this track with a surface worse than beer cans at LMS also be the track with races dated back to 1950 and also a track that is suddenly drawing size crowds similar to those at California?
Posted on May 9, 2006 8:34 PM
Mark - Unless every other person at Saturday's Cup race has someone sitting on their lap, Darlington won't match Fontana's attendance. Darlington seats 63,000. California's grandstands hold 93,000; no telling how many are in the infield.
Interesting note about Darlington: Every story about how the track keeps clinging to life always mentions that it sells tickets across the country. I think the Darlington people see it as a testimony to the track's hold on real race fans. I always see it as validation of NASCAR's expansion because the locals can't (or won't or don't) go to races in their back yards.
Posted on May 10, 2006 12:15 PM