URL: /mr_tornado_head
Member since: 08/03/2007
Number of hits: 3589
Location: Carroll, OH
Quote/Motto: We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty !
Favorite Driver: Dave Blaney
Driver I won't be sending a Christmas card:
Tony Stewart
Who Am I:
Goofy guy with a weird sense of humor. Works alot, rides bikes. Listen to lots of music and reads some. Coffee is a good, good thing.
Favorite Racing Moment:
Anytime there's a close, beating and bumping race going down to the wire.
How I discovered Rowdy, and why I Listen:
I was searching iTunes a few years ago for NASCAR offerings. What was there was meager except for Rowdy. It was well produced, insightful, humorous and the guys talked enough about themselves that you felt like you were hanging out with friends. Never tunred back, even paid for a subscription for awhile during that dark time.
Why I'm a race fan:
Got back in to racing after a long layoff when my parents bought tickets for my brothers, our wives, and myself to the CocaCola 600 in 2000. It's crept up since then.
What car/truck I drive now:
05 Chevy Malibu, Bruiser my 'cross bike.
My dream car:
Original GT40, DeThomaso Pantera, Rivendell custom
Favorite Music:
LOTS. Right now, The Attitude!, Damien Rice, Nick Riff, Junior Brown, Buckethead
Favorite Movies:
Something offbeat with out the usual hollywood ending
Favorite TV Shows:
Not much... NASCAR, The Red Green Show, Tour De France coverage
Favorite Books:
Oryx & Crake, The Tao of Pooh, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Interests:
Fast cars, elegant bikes, fun music, good food, better beer. Zen. The usual suspects.
Dislikes:
Lots of things but I am working in reducing that.
Hobbies:
Cycling, reading. I like to sleep from time to time, too.
Vices:
Work way too much.
Virtues:
Oh, I am SO virtuous!
Heroes:
My Dad. My Sons.
Danica Patrick's "publicity choices" good or bad?
When Danica's photos in FHM were published, and then she did that GoDaddy commercial, I had to wonder (like many on Rowdy) at what level would she not stoop to further her career? The general consensus seems to be that taking your clothes off is not the way to be taken seriously in auto racing.
But what recently dawned on me is the question of what is the difference between Danica posing in skimpy clothing for FHM and Carl Edwards posing shirtless for ESPN the Magazine or Men's Health? OK, it's was for a magazine with a different audience but none the less he certainly exposed just as much of himself as Danica exposed of herself.
So where is the dividing line? Is this a matter of the magazines' intended audience? Is it a difference of guy vs. girl? Or is there something else to this equation?
Just to play "devil's" advocate, Danica posed in sexually suggestive positions, and Carl was only "standing" with his shirt off? He can't help it if he's sexy with his shirt off ... hahaha!
- Becky
- 12:24:27 04-27-2008
There is a difference to me, when she labels herself as "just other driver" and wants to be just one of the boys, and does that, yeah it makes me think. Is doesnt make it right, but there will be more focus on a woman then a man. Its the boys club and she is in it. She can drive no doubt about that, but if it was a man in that car not winning for 3 years would he still get the ride?
- Don Runkle
- 12:40:59 04-27-2008
Ok so I have been so wiating for someone in our Rowdy Nation to make a post like this. KUDOS to you my furry friend!!!
Yes, there is a difference between the two... and I think we all know what the difference is/was... Did we by chance see Carl pose in the buff in Playgirl??? I think NOT!!!
If you want to be taken seriously then get serious and you and who you are. I believe if you want something badly e4nough that you should go for it but do it with pride and dignity. If I wanted to be taken seriously about my driving and have the chance to one day drive in the cup series the LAST thing I would do is poss in the buff! I woudl be working towards my goal to me that is what should be MOST importan!!
- cockybytch
- 13:10:19 04-27-2008
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