Dale Jr/Oreo’s/NYC: Dozens of children gobbled up Oreo cookies [a Jayski favorite] and race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove an Oreo-decorated car down a New York City street on Wednesday to celebrate the cookie’s 90th birthday. New York certainly claims the cookie for itself. A representative for Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented a proclamation making Wednesday “Oreo Cookie 90th Anniversary Day” in New York City, and the city council declared Oreo as the city’s favorite cookie. Dale Earnhardt Jr., an Oreo spokesman, drove a race car decorated with an Oreo topped with a birthday candle across part of 15th Street, or “Oreo Way,” according to the temporary street sign he unveiled. Police officers did not stop Earnhardt, even though he drove against traffic in the one-way street.(New York Times)(6-14-2002)
