And she is actually being smart by not saying anything. In fact, if you take her words at face value it seems as if she doesn’t care one way or another. She just wants to race! She is letting her agents take car of what and where she will be doing the racing.

And this is probably good because she has to be concerned with branding. Whether you like it or not, Danica Patrick has become a brand. She is no different than some of the biggest names in sports. She is right up there with Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Payton Manning. How many Go Daddy commercials have we seen her in? What’s next? Maybe we’ll see her shilling for Pepsi or Bank of America next! After all, the big money is in the sponsorships, not the racing!

About a half an hour later, they called me from the shop and read off a laundry list of things that needed to be done to my Dodge. I guess that’s what actually did push me over the edge. I told them just to do the oil change and skip everything else.

So the next morning I drove to the Ford dealership. These guys were pretty excited about the idea of selling me a brand new Ford F150 FX4. They gave me top dollar for my trade, hooked me up with $5,000.00 in rebates and even came off the sticker price quite a bit (after bickering back and forth for a couple of hours). And now I don’t need new tires or costly repairs!

No before I go where I’m going with this, I have to point out that I like auto racing. For one thing, Danica Patrick is hot! And the wrecks are always fun to watch. I have even been to an Indi series race and I had a blast. It’s amazing how fast the cars are plus you’re hanging out with a bunch of other people drinking beer while waiting to see a car wreck!

So the sports bar had the NASCAR race on. But they also had it cranked up on the overhead PA speaker system. Well I can tolerate and even enjoy a NASCAR race, but I had never paid attention to the commentary. The problem I had was the thick hillbilly accent that every single announcer had. These guys sounded like uneducated idiots.

So now my brother is going through a divorce. It’s not a very nasty one; he just got caught doing something he shouldn’t have been doing. Anyway, his hobby is auto racing and he has a Camaro that doesn’t really look like a Camaro anymore. It has been hopped up and modified for the dirt track. He asked me if he could store it in my garage.

First of all, I know that it won’t just be stored in my garage. I know he will want to bring all of his air tools and stuff so he can work on it in my garage. And I have seen his garage floor. I don’t want my garage floor to look like his does! This is my house, not an automotive repair shop. But he’s my brother, and he would do the same for me so I guess I need to let him.