from a TNT/Turner PR for those who may not have seen the broadcast: Notes from TNT’s NASCAR Busch Series and Winston Cup Series Racing from Richmond, VA TV Booth: Allen Bestwick, Wally Dallenbach and Benny Parsons. Pit Reporters: Bill Weber, Marty Snider, Matt Yocum and Dave Burns Friday, Sept. 5, NASCAR Busch Series. – Funai 250 – Guest analyst Tony Stewart “Grab your seats folks, you are about to get seasick” – TNT guest analyst Tony Stewart on fellow analyst Benny Parsons working one of the cameras on a race re-start. “Absolutely. Matt Kenseth thinks he can push me around for some reason….he can’t push me around.” – Johnny Sauter on whether he intentionally knocked Winston Cup points leader Matt Kenseth out of his way to get the victory. Saturday, Sept. 6, NASCAR Winston Cup Series – Chevy Rock ‘n Roll 400 Best Open: TNT opened the Chevy Rock ‘n Roll 400 with a LIVE performance from the band Trapt, interspersing race highlights with the band’s well known song “Head Strong.” Best Video: The on-board camera of Jimmy Spencer (#7 Sirius) had a bumper sticker on the dashboard that said “Who wants to sponsor this car in 2004?” Benny and the Pits segment focused on the driver of Jeff Burton’s hauler, Joe Weren’t and his wife Christy, who make stops on the road and correspond with mentally disabled children, using the geography of his trips as a teaching tool. Best Line: Allen Bestwick after AOL driver Steve Park was involved in a multi-car crash – “Instant messenger message for Steve Park, your racecar is a mess.” Dallenbach – “There’s a worm in your system.” TNT had the Winston Cup drivers with Warner Brothers’ artist paint schemes introduce their car and who they were representing, similar to NFL players announcing their college affiliations. Winston Cup drivers included Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Staind), Robby Gordon (Trapt), Michael Waltrip (Hootie and the. Blowfish), Kevin Harvick (Sugar Ray) and Joe Nemechek (Uncle Kracker). Post-race comments Benny Parsons on Kevin Harvick’s team running to his car during a post-race altercation with fellow driver Ricky Rudd – “These Goodwrench guys, they were there to protect Kevin from himself. They aren’t there because of Ricky Rudd.” * Kevin Harvick, interviewed by TNT’s Matt Yocum, on the altercation with Ricky Rudd – “Ricky Rudd took a (expletive) cheap shot. He is a cheap shot artists and if he is going to cheap shot me I promise you that I will cheap shot him back.” * Ricky Rudd, interviewed by TNT’s Marty Snider, on the altercation with Harvick – “This stuff here, that NASCAR would allow this, I can’t understand it. We have hood damage and we have to race next week…..I couldn’t hear him (Harvick). He has that little yap yap mouth. I couldn’t listen to him.” Robby Gordon, interviewed by TNT’s Marty Snider, on being knocked out of the race by Jeff Burton – “Totally immature on his side. I’m disappointed that he has to race like that.” Burton, interviewed by TNT’s Dave Burns, on knocking Gordon out of the race – “I messed up. It was 100-percent my fault. Robby didn’t do anything wrong right there. I messed up.”(TNT PR)(9-7-2003)
