Last month I reported that a few NASCAR drivers were to be on a June issue of TV Guide Cover, whoops, it’s July 17th. The issue will feature 4 multiple covers of the “Up and Coming Stars of Nascar”. The covers will feature Bobby Labonte, Jeff Burton, Jeremy Mayfield, and Tony Stewart( Tony Stewart Online Newsletter ) But, just saw this: “NASCAR’s censorship of TV Guide three weeks ago has come back to haunt it. TV Guide’s hood decal on Kevin Lepage’s car at Michigan Speedway was to have carried the TV Guide cover of sexy female wrestler Sable, in line with a number of similar cover decals this season. But NASCAR officials ruled the photo too sexy for the stock-car audience and demanded it be altered to a more demure pose, in a behind-the-scenes debate that dragged on the entire week. Now TV Guide has canceled its plans for a four-cover NASCAR issue next week featuring the Winston Cup tour’s new young guns, Tony Stewart, Jeremy Mayfield, Bobby Labonte and Jeff Burton. The feature stories on those drivers will still run, but the cover will be women’s soccer instead of NASCAR. NASCAR officials politicked hard to get TV Guide to change the decision, to no avail.”( PitNow ) — UPDATE 2: looks like TV Guide reconsidered – Mobil 1 Taurus driver Jeremy Mayfield will be the key driver appearing on the cover of TV Guide next week. The edition of the national magazine, which is one of the highest-circulated magazines in the world, is due on newsstands this weekend. Three other drivers also appear on the rotating covers(Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte and Jeff Burton). The cover was originally scheduled to run in June but was postponed until this weekend( Williams Company )
