Monday
Voices of SPEED – April 6th – 12th, 2009
Press ReleaseSPEED on-air personalities and motor sports journalists regularly contribute to the SPEEDtv.com front-page feature “Voices of SPEED.” Below is a sampling from this week’s columns:
“He’s a hard-core racer, fair and fast, who drives as clean as he talks and seldom puts a wheel wrong. Instead of making excuses, he makes things happen and wrings the most of his situation. He’s good with the media and even better with the fans. And he truly appreciates the opportunity to make a living driving a race car.”
- SPEEDtv.com’s Robin Miller on IRL driver Justin Wilson
“As hardened and cynical as athletes can become in a sporting endeavor, it’s still nice to see a driver truly rejoice in a victory, which (Jeff) Gordon most certainly did after Texas. Good for him — for as much as Gordon has accomplished in this sport, I think his talent behind the wheel and his professionalism are sadly underappreciated by a large portion of the NASCAR fan base. The truth is, it’s good for the sport to see him back in victory lane.”
- SPEEDtv.com Editor-in-Chief Tom Jensen on Gordon’s win at Texas
“I’ve never told anyone this but I always wanted to be a Mouseketeer when I was a kid. That show came on every Saturday morning and that seemed like the most perfect place in the world. I had as much chance of being a Mouseketeer as being an astronaut but a kid can dream, right?”
- 14-time NHRA champ John Force on SPEEDtv.com/Go3Geiger.com
“You gotta love that April Fool’s prank claiming that the government was forcing GM and Chrysler to quit NASCAR under terms of the bailout, debunked by our own NASCAR guru Tom Jensen. The scary part was that it seemed all too plausible.”
- SPEEDtv.com Automotive Editor Bob Golfen
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