Tony Stewart Wants Me to Watch TV?

Originally Posted on May 13, 2007 on foxsports.com

I confess I'm a racing junkie.  I'm relatively sure there is no cure for this disease, and fortunately, I have no desire to take the cure if one exists.

I really will watch any race.  Today in my e-mail box a message appeared from the World Of Oultaws organization, telling me that Tony Stewart wanted me to watch TV.  Specifically, he wanted me to watch the WoO race at his track, Eldora.  WoO is being broadcast on SPEED on Sunday afternoons.  The first race was today.

My quandry was that I love WoO, but I love Nascar too.  My favorite track (tied with Indy), is Darlington.   Thank God for remote controls - I don't have to choose!  Everytime I flipped back to Fox, I caught a commercial, so I stayed with the  Outlaws.

I've been to a WoO race at Eldora - and it is simply amazing.  Stewart changed the track this year by changing the surface, with mixed results.  In fact, the TV picture is cloudy at best, given the amount of dust in the air.  This may be one time I'm glad I'm not there in person!

I haven't been to my favorite dirt track, Knoxville, this year, but hopefully I can remedy that soon.  And I think the Outlaws are due back sometime in June for the final tune-up before Nationals in August.

So, now I wonder who will turn up in my inbox next, requesting I watch this, eat that or go here and there...