Ward Burton on Trackside - Fontana

Wawuhd clips from tonight's Trackside from Fontana, California:


Regarding him and Elliott both having grandstands named after them at SaowuhBawuhstuhn Speeway:

Uh gowa lil sumthin uhthere, uhthing they pu me induhcohwnuh

In regards to his day in the car today (even though not making the race) and coming back and running this car:

Ah've hadduhbawhul

Hammond asked about some of his qualifying efforts this year like at Indy…

Nouh, you're eggsacklayriuht....

Speaking about his team:

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Elliott asks him about what he would do to make qualifying more fair for go-or-go-homers:

Thtemchure chayuhguhs so muuchuh tha greyup thawe git indeserayuhscaws theyuhnexthingyaknow somguyuh gows rellyfayus or rellyslow jusfruhm thdrawuh offa haat... Whevuh yew cayuhn masomeun fayuh, ya doih.

Talkin' about qualifying and how close it was qualifying at:

Powcayuhnowuh

Talking about teams outside the top 35 making or not making the race:

Liuhk theyuhsuh deyuth indafayuhmly at thamowmen, ooore dersuhbiiruth. Tha's howsirius thateams oudduhtha tawuph thirddyfawvuh taykit.

I love Ward Burton! He has such experience and wisdom in racing - he's the last of a dying breed of racer!!

Doofus Sadleroo

Friday night's Trackside show on Speed was probably about the funniest piece of television I have seen in a while. Hosts Steve Burns, Jeff Hammond, Larry McReynolds and Elliott Sadler had a lot of laughs with guests Columbian Juan Pablo Montoya and Australian Marcos Ambrose.

Juan Pablo told of golfing in his house (with his golfing simulator) and getting a golf ball stuck in a wall. This really seemed to intrigue Sadler (I think he is a bit of a golf fanatic but I'm not real sure about that...).

Marcos Ambrose brought along a kangaroo hat that each host took a turn wearing. There was a lot of laughter, to the point of tears being wiped away because they were laughing so hard.

The epitome of "Work Hard, Play Hard!"

I think this most recent episode of Trackside trumps my most favorite episode of Inside Nextel Cup. I don't remember when that broadcast was, but it was back when Alan Bestwick was still hosting (miss ya Alan!) with regulars Michael Waltrip and Ken Schrader, and they still sat behind the "news desk". They were talking about Darryl Waltrip and had a question that only he could answer. So Micheal called his brother Darryl up on his cell phone. Mikey held the cell to his lav mic so Darryl could be heard. Darryl wouldn't stop talking. It was about the funniest thing I had ever seen. I guess you had to be there...

Anyway, my dear friend Robin was in New Hampshire and attended the taping of Trackside Friday night. She comes home sporting this prize photo, capturing the doofus-ness of Sadler, and the fun had by all on the show. I love it!

Doofus Sadleroo

Will the next Sadler Foundation Charity Auction item be a kangaroo hat? Hmmmm... Brett?