Monthly Archives: February 2008

NASCAR HotPass Lineup for the Great American Race

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And the roar of powerful engines is heard over Daytona, with the 50th running of the Daytona 500 this afternoon. There are only 4 DirecTV driver channels with this year’s HotPass package. The good news is that all HotPass channels are now in HD.1 Even better news is that there’s a free preview of HotPass this weekend. So if you don’t have DirecTV, grab some brews and head to the house of a friend who does. Especially if he has HD.

Today’s lineup is as follows(channel/driver/car):

790 – Tony Stewart, #20.
791 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr – #882.
792 – Jeff Gordon, #24.
793 – Kevin Harvick, #29.

With all the changes in sponsors, numbers and drivers, this may be the first year I need a program to watch one of these, thereby forfeiting my redneck status.

-k-
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1 Fat lot of good that does me; my little bride can’t see the wisdom of upgrading our satellite gear.

2 Wonder how long I’ll go without putting up #8 in one of these.

Crank it Up!

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At 8PM EST tonight, the Budweiser Shootout on FOX. From Daytona. Regardless that Coors Light is now the Official Beer of NASCAR, we have the Budweiser Shootout1.

I remember when the Shootout was known as the Busch Clash.

I don’t remember when it wasn’t excitement on the speedway.

8 tonight – FOX – Be there, or be square.

Boogity-boogity-boogity!

-k-
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1 NASCAR not being shy about ringing the cash register and all.

Flying the latest WordPress Banner

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Never one to shy away from an upgrade, I upgraded to WordPress 2.3.3 just a few minutes ago. Another flawless upgrade.

After spending a day in the entrails of some at-work tcl stuff, I come home and install 2GB of memory in my eeePC, and upgrade my blog software.

Talk about a change of pace; I feel like a bus driver moonlighting as a cab driver.

-k-
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Obligatory SuperBowl Weekend Fandom

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I never thought I’d wave the banner for an NFC East team, but I’ll be rooting for the New York Giants tomorrow. I like them partly because of their underdog status and partly because a bunch of my and my little bride’s coworkers are Giants fans.

I like Eli Manning; I like his dad Archie, and Peyton is OK in my book as well, even though the Colts aren’t in the big show this year.

Still, I can’t muster much enthusiasm. I plan to snack hugely, and have a six pack truckload of Shiners.

Happy Super Bowl Weekend! Go Giants! Yea, Team!

-k-
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