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It’s my nephews fault that I have any interest in Nascar. I’m a huge sports fan but have always had trouble generating much interest in the “sport”. I knew during the 90’s that Jeff Gordon was good — and obnoxious. I lost interest somewhere in the late 9o’s but I watched closely as my city-boy nephew slowly gained interest. I thought it was a fad at first but, oh no, the boy is a full-fledged Nascar fan now. And I can understand why. I began paying more attention when I realized there’s excitement generated in rooting for a piece of machinery as much as you’re rooting for the guy who’s maneuvering it. And the crashes at 200 MPH aren’t bad either.
So this weekend brings us to the event that I’m sure my nephew will be attending — the Price Chopper 400 Nascar race at the Kansas Speedway. This year marks the ninth Nascar race held in Kansas City, Kansas since 2001 and my money is on Gregg Biffle this year. Biffle has the most race points at Kansas Speedway over the past five races and that’s all I need to know. I could have went with Jimmie Johnson – who won the race here last year – but that would be like picking the Yankees to win.
I hope I can find someone this weekend who will explain to me how Mark Martin finished 28th in the standings last year, but this year is a hair ahead of Johnson going into this race. If you have tickets, I’m sure you’re going to enjoy the fun this weekend. Even if you don’t, you can still get some enjoyment watching the 267-lap race on TV. The race starts at 2 PM Sunday. If you’re out and about on Sunday be sure to listen to some of the race on the radio — listening to the four guys calling the race is great fun because three of them describe their corners of the track with great excitement and then they cut to the fourth guy (who sounds older) and he calls the race very old-school — cracks me up every time!
Posted by Jason A. Brown
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