Buddy Baker, 74, Former Daytona 500 Champ

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1980 Daytona 500 champion, also won his final race at Daytona in the Firecracker 400 on July 4, 1983.

But remember him for what he also did best: color commentator. Enjoyed his work on race weekends in the '90s-2000 for TNN Sports. Great commentator.

Flame Broiled.

For those listening or watching the Daytona 500 last night, check out this massive crash when JPM's tranny goes south...

Remember, hitting a safety vehicle is nothing new in motorsport.

O-O-Owned!

Check out this local sports anchor in San Diego criticizing Princess Perma-Pout!

Owned. Check out the comments on that video on Youtube. Possibly full of Trackforum members!

Weekend Oddities 2.21.11

Some shit to ponder over from the weekend...

F1 Bahrain race could be cancelled, due to the unrest there. That's what Bernie said!

Speaking of motorsport...

The Wood Brothers are back!? Does it remind you of 1976?

Oh, and to those PTI morons who said this race was fixed for Junior (he crashed late)? Fix this! I'm happy, even though I got a little disgusted when Ragan got penalized. The race was awful with 16 cautions, typical of the fare you'd normally see at Bristol or Martinsville. Also reminded me of the '05 Coca-Cola World 600 where there were 22 cautions! For the record, 30 million tuned in to the Fox broadcast, though I really hated that they still had time to interview Gilliland and the younger Labonte, instead interviewing Junior and the younger Busch. 

On the sport front, another monumental weekend. Heritage Classic where the Flames shut out the Habs 4-0, despite some delays to the ice (and I missed the rest of the game due to cold readings that night for "Big Love"!).  

The game was played at McMahon Stadium, home football stadium of the University of Calgary and the CFL's Calgary Stampeders. Even though the delays for ice problems, I still think the atmosphere at McMahon was better than in Pittsburgh.

Also, the slam dunk competition...Blake Griffin over a KIA!

And speaking of All-Star weekend, Justin Bieber was MVP in some celebrity game, despite getting booed at MSG (good) and snubbed at the Grammy's (good!). And after all of that, he got the CSI treatment he DESERVED.



Suck on it Beliebers!

Suck it long and suck it hard!

Looking Back: Ten Years Ago Today.

A big, yet sad moment in the world of motorsport. As most of you know, this man, 7 time Winston Cup champion Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. (his 1980 championship ride pictured) was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500, ten years ago today.

Dale would've been 59 (he would turn 60 in April) at the present time if living. This, like other motorsport deaths (Ayrton Senna, Greg Moore, Neil Bonnett to name a few) is just the nature of the motorsport industry goes. Since then, safety has improved in virtually all disciplines of motorsport worldwide.

Speaking of the last lap of the 43rd Daytona 500...