Darlington "News" and Notes

I, Mike Mackler, once considered calling myself "The Mack Too Tough to Tame". I was then instantly struck by lightning.

Tomorrow afternoon, Dale Jarrett will announce that he...is offering Employee Pricing Plus at Dale Jarrett Ford! And for the first 50 customers on this Mother's Day Weekend, get a 2002 1/24 Muppets diecast car!

Recently, I found out that Serta is run by Bob Sherman, father of Brent Sherman (Serta is his long-time sponsor). Seems that Brent and Paul Menard have alot in common...well, except that Paul has talent (and better choice of teams).

Elliott Sadler announced this week that he is stepping out of the CitiFinancial Busch car, in order to devote more time to his collection of M&M's with two "m"'s stamped on them.

FitzBradshaw is down to one car this week, showing just how far this team has fallen. Well, by "fallen", I mean stayed at the bottom.

Richard Childress received an honorary degree from Davidson County Community College today. Is there really any need for an honorary COMMUNITY COLLEGE degree? As Chris Rock said, "Community College is like a disco with books: 'Here's 10 dollars--I'm gonna get my learn on'".

ODDS
3:1 Someone will play "Lady in Red" during the pre-race by mistake.
10:1 A woman wearing black will pass out due to heat exhaustion during the pre-race festivities.
100:1 Video will be unearthed of Jimmy the Greek explaining, "The Black is the superior lady!"