Darrell Waltrip, Tony Stewart, and Joe Gibbs appeared on yesterday’s NFC Championship pre-game show on Fox. They were interviewed by Brown and Terry Bradshaw on the set on the Veterans Stadium field. James Brown referred to DW as “the handsome one” and introduced Terry Bradshaw as a “lovable redneck.” Bradshaw asked Gibbs if he ever thought he would have a lot of success in NASCAR. Gibbs responded, “I finally found something else I could do; stand there and watch cars go and pull for Tony and Bobby.” Gibbs also tried to collect $5,000 from Terry for something Bradshaw did when Gibbs was coaching a Pro Bowl. DW primed more of the NASCAR publicity machine. “Let me tell ya about NASCAR,” he said. “Let me just tell ya a little bit of NASCAR. We’re making movies. We got Britney Spears making movies. We got big Internets (sites) that are following our sport. We got Tony Stewart, our champion, running all over the country. Yeah, look at this guy. Everybody here, when he walked out on the field, they cheered ‘Yeah Tony.'” Gibbs also talked about the success of the #20 team and Stewart was asked about repeating as champion. Bradshaw also said to Stewart, “You’ve got to learn to be a nice guy, don’t you Tony?” The visit concluded with Brown thanking DW for the tips on his 1969 Camaro, which won the “Best of Show” award at Saturday’s World of Wheels show in Washington, DC.( MotorsportsTV )(1-20-2003)
