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December 31, 2009 at
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I'm trying to come up with a list of current celebrity sprint car fans (and I'm not counting Tony Stewart or Kasey Kahne). I know that Kurt Russell and his dad were race fans (I believe Kurt races quarter midgets as a kid, IIRC) but I'm curious if you guys know of any other actors/musicians/non-driver athletes who are sprint car fans.
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December 31, 2009 at
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Posted By: duffyjr73 on December 31 2009 at 03:26:30 PM
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My wife says that Hall and Oates were at Grundy county to watch midgets, and i know John Mellencamp has been spotted at Bloomington, Bubba the Love Sponge( if he's famous). Also Ronnie the Limo Driver from Howard Stern is a big racing fan.
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Steve Williams, Tiger Woods' caddie....
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December 31, 2009 at
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Were Hall and Oates there together? Somehow the idea that they do everything together kind of cracks me up. (Like, that they are joined at the hip/Oates' mustache
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Joe Montana attended a World of Outlaws race at Calistoga a few years ago. Gary Cherone (former singer for Extreme and, briefly, Van Halen) caught several World of Outlaws events at Perris, and spent a pretty good chunk of change in the souvenir trailer.
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December 31, 2009 at
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John Oates is/was a big race fan according to a few diferent things I've read over the years, I think he raced some sports car stuff. To all Sarah's out there, would ya' Smile for me? Take It Easy....
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December 31, 2009 at
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Steve Waugh former Australian Cricket Captain Jeff Fenech 4 Times world boxing champ
In fact Waugh had a two seater ride at one of Outlaws Down Under
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James Garner is a huge fan and starred in a couple of racing movies. He is from Norman
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Bob and Tom are huge race fans, helped out Wolfgang when he got burned along with many others that have gotten hurt.
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I believe David Letterman spent quite a few nights at dirt tracks when he lived in Indiana.
Joe Gibbs? Larry the Cable Guy has been at Eagle a few times.
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Big Joe Kleko of the NY Jets has been to Nationals several times and played in the celebrity softball game a few times.
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I seem to recall that Brian Williams anchor of NBC Nightly News used to drive a modified at some point - or maybe it was his son?
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Not sure about the sprint car angle, but Steve McQueen was a race fan and several years ago there was talk of a sprint car themed movie to star Gene Hackman, who was a sprint fan.
Dick Smothers of the Smothers Brothers ( this certainly ages me ) was a pretty serious drag racer.
I think I remember Economaki mentioning the Ronald Reagan called some races way back when and I believe Clark Gable was a fan.
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I know it was not sprint cars but country singer Marty Robbins did race a few times.
LETS RACE BOYS
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Elvis Presley was a great fan of racing
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Newman put in a few laps at Perris a few years back i think he even smacked the wall
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Posted By: turn4rob on December 31 2009 at 08:42:46 PM
Newman put in a few laps at Perris a few years back i think he even smacked the wall
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He also attended a sprint car race at Jennerstown Speedway while filming the movie "Slap Shot" back in the early '70's when Jennerstown was still dirt
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Sebastien Bourdais was on Speed Report with Despain a couple years ago and Despain asked him who beat who in the sprint cars. Newman had a few weeks earlier on his or Bourdais' birthday, rented a dirt track (in California??) and Newman, Bourdais and Bruno Junquera spent a couple hours banging around. Bourdais' exact words were "those are some badazz cars". Also laughingly said they spent a good part of the night in front of push trucks after spinning out.
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