Gettin' All Country Up In Harrrr

Like I said in an earlier post, most of the time my job doesn’t suck, however, sometimes it sucks a lot.  I am headed to Charlotte, NC this weekend to interview a bunch of dudes about NASCAR.

If you know anything about me you would know that although I know how to drive a car (barely), I’ve never actually owned one.  I’m so oblivious to car brands that every time I rent a car, I lose it in the parking lot, or worse, I describe the car to the valet as, “I think it was white…with 4 doors.  Maybe.”

And like most people who live in NYC and LA, I have no real idea what the hell NASCAR even is.  But of course I have some preconceived notions that I will share with you now:

PRECONCEIVED NOTION #1: NASCAR is about a bunch of dudes riding around in circles for hours and hours without any purpose.

REALITY: Yes, this is true.  It’s a bunch of dudes, and sometimes a girl that looks like a dude (except this GIRL) that drive around in circles for hours and hours…except there does seem to be a purpose.  They win money.

PRECONCEIVED NOTION #2: No one actually watches NASCAR.

REALITY: It is the MOST WATCHED spectator sport in the United States!!

PRECONCEIVED NOTION #3: NASCAR fans are a bunch of trashy white dudes who sit around drinking beer and eating BBQ ribs while getting inappropriately excited about cars going around and around in circles for hours and hours. 

REALITY: NASCAR fans are 40% women!  And there are even 3 or 4 Hispanic and African-Americans that may show up once in a while.  And although, yes, some of the fans are less than desirable, most are kind of normal.  As normal as someone who has the patience to watch cars drive around and around in circles for hours and hours can be.

PRECONCEIVED NOTION #4: NASCAR guys are NOT appealing.

REALITY: There are some seriously hot dudes involved in this sport!   

So I’m going to get my Yankee Ass down to Charlotte and I’m going to flirt my little heart out with some cute NASCAR drivers.  If my office is dumb enough to send an idiot like me to NASCAR, well then you better believe I’m going to make the most out of that once in a lifetime experience.