Yeah, I’ll admit it. I’m a race fan. I can’t help it, really. I earned my bona fides as a seven-year old tagging along with my dad to races in North Wilkesboro and Rockingham.
And as any race fan would know, Saturday’s Bud Shootout marks the opening of Speedweeks in Daytona, and a new era for my favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., as he starts a new career with Hendrick Motorsports behind the wheel of the AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy.
Friday night I noticed that my local grocery store had my favorite driver’s new drink on special, and since I had never had it, I thought I would buy some. Maybe, just maybe, Iwould like it just as much as Junior’s old drink – Budweiser.
Boy was I wrong. This crap tasted just like Mountain Dew that has been sitting out in a glass on a counter for two days. It was disgusting, and I got no energy boost from it. Only nausea.
I’ll pull for Jr. on the track this year, but I’ll probably just stick with his old sponsor while I’m doing it.
