Long time readers of Darrell Waltrip’s columns know that every year he likes to take an annual poll as he try to keep my finger on the pulse of fans, the media, the TV critics, and the racing community as a whole. DW would like to see where everybody is concerning one issue in particular: To “Boogity, boogity, boogity!” or not to “Boogity, boogity, boogity!” DW takes a lot of heat, and it seems like it’s mostly from insiders, about using the “Boogity, boogity, boogity!” catchphrase before every race. DW has been told that the saying “is ridiculous,” and that “it doesn’t make him sound very intelligent.” Every year he feels like he almost have to defend starting a race with those words, but he does travel a lot all over the country and talks to fans “ from little guys that are five, six, seven years old, teenagers, old race fans, new race fans, senior race fans, perimeter race fans, you name it, but they always come up to me and say, “Man, I can’t wait to get the NASCAR season started again and to hear those magic words…” and they are not talking about “Gentlemen, start your engines.” The last three years the vote has been held and it’s been 60-40 pretty much across the board, 70-30, 60-40. As long as it’s above 50%, DW is going to keep doing it.(vote at FoxSports.com), it was at 15% as of Saturday evening, then the poll was removed due to technical difficulties.(1-12-2008)
