Why I love racin'
It's the hype and the driver quotes. Seriously.
Check out this release the Daytona folks just sent out:
To celebrate his coming out victory at NASCAR’s signature track, [Denny] Hamlin performed a burn out with his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet. The burn out was so powerful that the marks -- two black strips -- can still be seen today just a few feet ahead of the start/finish line.
No, the e-mail didn't include any visual evidence. (If you've got it, I'd like to see it.) Keep in mind that the car Hamlin drove to victory in the 2006 Shootout had been driven to a series of 60th-place finishes (in a 43-car field) by 2005 Gibbs driver Jason Leffler.
And now for the quote:
"That was amazing," Hamlin said of the burn out at the recent NASCAR Busch Series luncheon at the ESPN Club in Orlando. "I saw (the marks) during the Daytona 500. The odd thing is that it kind of looks like an 11 on the front straightaway."
I would have been really impressed if that burnout had looked like a 47.
Speaking of Daytona: 1966 Cup rookie of the year James Hylton will enter the 2007 Daytona 500, and the Rolex 24 lineup is shaping up nicely.
45 days till the green flag flies at Daytona ...
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