Okay, who the Shrub is this Jeff Gordon geekwad doorknob anyway?

Deja Q

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:11 PM
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Okay, who the Shrub is this Jeff Gordon geekwad doorknob anyway?

Pizza Hut's been shoving this commercial down our throats for weeks about some Jeff Gordon pizzapan "deal" (here's a deal, Tombstone frozen vegetarian pizzas - THE best vegetarian pizza on the market and is also, by far, the HEALTHIEST).

Who is this guy and why is he a walking corporate logo whore? (Wearing a jumpsuit with all sorts of corporate logos on it and he's anything else BUT a whore?!)

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Rick Myers

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:12 PM
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1. NASCAR driver

from Indiana, all the southern NASCAR fans hate him. He's ok...

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Rick Myers

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:13 PM
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3. You are correct about the logos

NASCAR is more appropriately called "Madison Avenue at 200mph!" In fact, I once saw a painting of Jeff's car, and that was the title of the work...

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liberalpress

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:13 PM
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2. Jeff Gordon..

Edited on Thu Sep-04-03 05:14 PM by liberalpress

a stock car racer. NASCAR. Corporate sponshorship pays the tab.

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Deja Q

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:16 PM
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4. What a shock, corporate interests ruining America...

:eyes:

How will this national pastime survive when the oil runs out? Indeed, how will corporations survive? :evilgrin:

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NashVegas

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:32 PM
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5. Yeah, It's Pretty Funny

This is a totally marketing-driven phenomena we're talking about in the first place.

Not that it doesn't have its fans, but not so many that there is an outcry for building speedways at their current rate, and no way near enough to justify the TV coverage it gets.

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Rick Myers

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:36 PM
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6. The NASCAR crowds amaze me

On average they get 100,000 fans per race, paying $50-200 per ticket for seats they never use! They stand the entire race. Here in Indianapolis for the Brickyard race they draw 350,000 people!!!!! That's twice what the Indy 500 draws, and 5 times what the Formula 1 race draws...

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toddzilla

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Thu Sep-04-03 05:54 PM
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7. i race r/c cars

Edited on Thu Sep-04-03 05:56 PM by toddzilla

and they have really big oval clubs.. it's so incredibly boring to race oval, but many regions have legions (lol) of people who say regular on-road or off-road is too difficult to run on, so they just drive in circles..so you have all this suspension technology and stuff to go straight, then turn left, go straight, then turn left..

*yawn*

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