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by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

May 8, 2008 3:02 pm CDT 3 Comments

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Bump Linkin’ ThursdayThe next time you are at the gas pump, wringing out your wallet for a few measly gallons of the cheap stuff ($3.79 a gallon today in our little town) remember the little people of NASCAR, who are struggling right along with you. Right.

I’m one of those people who buy their gas ten bucks at a time. That used to last me awhile - now, not so much. But I’m bored. Stopping every day at the Speedway helps me pass the time. And that brings me to my Rant for the day. Sorry Bob, I have to steal your handle for a post.

Today as my 2.64 gallons of low-test was rushing into the tank and the “dollars spent” countdown flew by - $10-$9-$8….$4-$3-$2-$1…..$.99……$.98…..$.97…….$.96…..$.95 - are YOU getting pissed yet? Just exactly how little - what, fraction of a quarter of a gallon of gas, is that pump spitting into my tank that takes over 1 second to meter out? Strictly as a PR move the Petroleum Retailers Association should re-set those pumps to slow down when they get to the last 2.5% of a gallon - or 10 seconds, from the end. I hate that.

Thank you, I’m better now. Thanks to a tweet from Team Ford Racing at Twitter is thispost by Earl Barban, crewman of the #28 Ford at Yates Racing. Travis Kvapil’s Fusion will be sponsored at Darlington by by Lafayette Ford and painted in 60’s retro Fred Lorenzen livery. How cool is that?

Joey Logano fans - or nervous followers of Tony Stewart - may be interested in the podcast of our interview with Joey from Tuesday’s ON PIT ROW. You can download it here.

Mike Maruska has a nice interview with John Newsome. Its pretty funny, but not as funny as this ditty at One Lugnut Short. There’s plenty to write about this week so I’m sure we’ll be back. There’s still a chance to win a 5o Years of the Great American Race DVD too.

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3 Responses to “Bump Linkin’ Thursday”

  1. 4ever3 on May 8th, 2008 4:13 pm

    Thanks for the links Charlie!

    If you think you got it bad we are paying $4.83 per gallon here. I put $110.00 in my tank the other day and they are saying that we will be paying about $5.60 a gallon before the end of summer. I’m going into my parents garage to get my old skateboard from 1980, because that will be all I will be able to afford to drive by then.

  2. User Avatar Marc on May 8th, 2008 5:37 pm

    Charlie, the answer to your gas price shock is… feinting goats!

    Honest, they are a little rough on the backside the first few miles but after that they make a just peachy conveyance to the local mini-mart or local short track action.

    P.S. gas price here is about 2.75 a gallon. (he says with a smart-alek smirk on his face)

  3. okla21fan on May 8th, 2008 6:05 pm

    $4.15 a gallon in Big D for Diesel, I guess it could be worse but pulling the RV to Dega this fall is not going to be very much fun on the gas card.

    But even with the higher fuel cost, I’ll spend less over-all dollars pulling the RV 11+ hours each way plus ticket costs, then we do for a weekend at TMS. And I only live about 30 miles from that track. Gotta love the Allison Tower back stretch and free Rv area value at Dega.

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