Word: nascars
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Will having Dale Earnhardt Jr. as a teammate cut down on the number of bottles and cans thrown at you when you win at Talladega this year? -Eric Mason GUNTERSVILLE, ALA.I hope not I know NASCAR doesn't want me to encourage people throwing things, but I want his fans to be as passionate as they have been...
...NASCAR seems to be shying away from core fans to go more mainstream. Is that a mistake? -Laura Eddy, GREENVILLE, S.C.I don't think so. When you have a sport that's grown the way this sport has, you have to capitalize on it. The ticket prices could be a little less, though. We have to keep our fans watching not just at home on TV but here at the racetrack too. This is where you sell people on the speed and excitement of racing...
...become a race-car driver? -Ellen Hayes, MIAMII never try to put anybody in a different category. It doesn't matter whether you're male or female. It's about starting young and getting into the best equipment and going out on all different types of tracks. In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance...
...feel that NASCAR is really a team sport? Or do you see this more as a partnership, with all of you sharing information but competing against each other for the championship? -Charles Musante, Fort Monroe, Va.People are a little confused sometimes when we talk about teamwork and sharing information. Teamwork in any other sport means that you work together for your team to win. In our situation, we're all separate teams working together to make sure that one of us wins. We're all trying to do it ourselves. It's not that much different than, the All-Star...
John C. Reilly has covered a lot of film territory over the past 20 years. He made us laugh as a diehard NASCAR-driver in “Talladega Nights” and made us cry as a sensitive cop in “Magnolia.” But in his new film, Jake Kasdan’s “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” he wants to make us sing. In “Walk Hard,” Reilly shows off his musical talents for the first time since 2002?...