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NASCAR should request a Congressional hearing

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by Steve Wronkowicz

I am co-host of the syndicated radio show: ON PIT ROW. Charlie likes to call me an "idiot". I'm not an "idiot"; I just prefer not to let the facts get in the way of my opinions.

February 14, 2008 7:45 am CST 6 Comments

Congress needs to step in and right this wrong that’s being perpetrated on the sporting public.

Untitled PostIn the midst of hearings to determine whether baseball players used steroids and if a certain football team taped practices of other teams, there is one topic that is much more important to look into. And its being ignored completely. Our esteemed members of congress need to convene to revamp the national holiday schedule.

As the culture of the United States changes, no longer can people relate to Presidents Day. Many US citizens don’t have the faintest clue about Lincoln or Washington. Labor Day–forget it–not much of a work ethic these days.

Congress needs to change these National Holidays, and we could probably add a couple of those “bank holidays” as well; to something that the average American can relate to. National Sports Days.

The National Sports Days plan would give every American six days off work, for sporting event patronage. Need to have the day off after the Super Bowl? That Monday could be one of your NSD days. I know that translates into “National Sports Day day”. Do you work the night shift and your team makes it to the World Series? Use your NSDs to watch, or attend.

Later today two of my favorite races will be televised by SPEED, live, and I will not be able to watch. I love The Duels. The format for qualifying for The 500 is unique, a bit convoluted, but unique, none the less. There have been many years where the results have had little interest to me, as far as who made the race and who didn’t. My guy would be in; but it was just a lot of fun to watch as desperate people had to resort to desperate measures to make THE race.

Tuesday ON PIT ROW, I picked Boris Said to win the 500. Yeah, I know, there was no gaurantee he would even be in the race. That’s what makes seeing this race so important to me. I want to see what Boris, and Herman, and Sterling, and all the others do to try and get themselves, their cars and their sponsors into The Great American Race.

Hello–Ted–I won’t be into work today. Write me up for a NSD. Oh and I’ll take one on Sunday too, if you have the unmitigated gall to schedule me to work. I’ll be watching the Daytona 500 and talking about it via live blog.

Be sure to log in to onpitrow.com on Sunday starting at 2pm ET. We had a great time with the live blog during the awards banquet. This will be even better.

Photo credit: Robert Leberge/Getty Images/NASCAR

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6 Responses to “NASCAR should request a Congressional hearing”

  1. Stephen on February 14th, 2008 9:12 am

    I say that we should have all of Speedweeks off. :)

  2. User Avatar Charlie Turner on February 14th, 2008 6:58 pm

    Mentally, I already have taken Speedweeks off. That’s probably obvious to anyone who reads this blog anyway.

  3. Carrie on February 14th, 2008 8:19 pm

    I took two personal holidays so I could watch the Duels. Thursday and then Friday in case of a rain out. I should have just went to work! Boring races. Only highlight was BV getting in the 500 even after all his troubles.

  4. User Avatar Marc on February 14th, 2008 9:54 pm

    Charlie, feel lucky it’s only SpeedWeeks.

    I’ve been “off” fer a couple of decades.

    Carrie… does that mean you will find something better to do on Sunday? Or will you be hanging on every move R. Gordon makes. Well.. the ones you can see when the camera pans to the back 20 or so runners

  5. User Avatar Luke on February 14th, 2008 10:05 pm

    Of course side by side, passing and racing each other doesn’t count as entertaining racing, but hey, I guess it’s like a traffic accident on the highway. Some people always have to get their thrills by gawking at the carnage instead.

  6. ZuDfunck on February 19th, 2008 1:36 pm

    I am just so delighted NASCAR has returned whether I have days off or not.
    In fact I am so thrilled about the return I converted my four year old blog into a NASCAR blog. Probably won’t be as good as yours but it feels right to do so.
    ZuD

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