I spent most of this week in the Charlotte/Mooresville area visiting race shops for my OTHER website, www.raceshopreviews.com. Here's a few things that I saw, noticed, and observed:
--Nascar's the only sport where you can see a competitor at another team's headquarters begging for equipment, in this case, Morgan Shepherd at Hendrick looking for used tires. I'm guessing that the Kansas City Royals GM doesn't go to the Bronx to see if the Yankees have any bats he can buy on the cheap.
--Danica Patrick really IS that tiny in person.
--My experience at RPM was a lot like The Box Factory: "This room is the most popular room on the tour." "But its just like every other room." "Yes, but this room ha--oh wait, we took that out. Yes, this room is just like every other room."
--Visit Roush Fenway Racing for a hologram of Greg Biffle that will terrify and astound you!
--Looking for cheaply-priced Bass Pro Shops merchandise? Go to EGR!
--Take a look around Charlotte Motor Speedway if you want to be so surrounded by the name and face of Bruton Smith that you'll want to scream.