The drivers' meeting was the first place in my four hours so far at Charlotte Motor Speedway that I encountered a crowd. In the very large room in the garage were kids, moms, dads, a guy with a giant red mohawk hair cut, a girl with a tiara, hundreds of cell-phone picture-taking fans and a large contingent of the military. There were drivers, too.
Before the meeting, several dignitaries were introduced.
The PGA's Bubba Watson received nice applause. NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre received more.
Larry the Cable Guy owned them both. Larry will drive the pace car before today's Coca-Cola 600.
"Git-r-done!" several fans yelled, and Larry flexed. He flexed before the fans yelled, too.
Darius Rucker, who will sing the anthem, was introduced. He attracted almost as much applause as Larry.
The Navy SEALs got a big hand.
But the biggest and most electric occurred when the military was introduced. Everybody stood and clapped and cheered. Everybody wanted to say thanks.
Cool to hear.
This is what is wrong with America, in a nutshell, and if I have to spell it out, you ain't part of the solution:
"Git-r-done!" several fans yelled, and Larry flexed. He flexed before the fans yelled, too.
Darius Rucker, who will sing the anthem, was introduced. He attracted almost as much applause as Larry.
The Navy SEALs got a big hand.
But the biggest and most electric occurred when the military was introduced.
Posted by: sfinsf | May 30, 2011 at 05:58 AM
Forget what i said. you all have worse problems than sportswriters that don't communicate that SEALS are a part of the US military.
Posted by: sfinsf | May 30, 2011 at 06:04 AM
sfinsf, are you a moron with nothing to do at 6 in the morning? And to spend 6 minutes posting 2 comments on one small story? Get a life.
Posted by: Nosebleed fan | May 30, 2011 at 07:56 AM
No, the biggest problem with America was when Wayne (blow 'em all away!) LaPierre got a big hand from the assembled rednecks. Guess there was nobody related to the 50,000 that died from needless handgun violence last year at that meeting. How pathetic.
Posted by: freddy | May 30, 2011 at 08:34 AM
sfinsf...guess I'm not part of the solution. Can you enlighten on what the heck you're blabbering about?
Posted by: Darius Rucker | May 31, 2011 at 02:46 PM