SPEED Presents the Difference between Open-Wheel and NASCAR fans

Well, it's the Month of May once more, and as I have stated in previous years, I love this month of the year. It's not just because of the NHL and NBA Playoffs and the first two jewels of horse racing's Triple Crown, which after this past Saturday's Kentucky Derby, madkes me wish I had a $2 Superfecta for that race. I mean come on, $557,000 would be a welcome addition to ANYONE, right? What really excites me is that this is month has some of the greatest racing of the entire year.

Already, I've had a chance to watch some great racing in the now-concluded A1 Grand Prix series, which had to truncate the season due to the ongoing H1N1 flu epidemic in Mexico, but the race at England's Brand's Hatch circuit, which allowed Ireland to claim the series title. Also the day the Derby went off, I was standing outside Anaheim Stadium to witness the return of the D1 Grand Prix Drifting series, as it made its return to the U.S. with a great day of drifting that also coincided with the resumption of the "Gumball Rally" cross-country race, which was the subject of a 70's movie and was inspired by the infamous "Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash," which was the inspiration for the "Cannonball Run" movies starring Burt Reynolds, and my late mentor, Mike Hollander, in a small cameo role.

As I said, the end of the month is when the racing hits overload, with what I call, "The Greatest Day in Motorsports," The Sunday before Memorial Day, when the Formula 1, Indy Racing League and NASCAR All run on the same day. For me it starts early in the morning with the Monaco Grand Prix, then after an early breakfast, the Indy 500 rolls out, complete with Jim Nabors ("Surprise, surprise, surprise, Sarge") singing "Back Home Again In Indiana." Granted it's no, "My Old Kentucky Home," but I'm getting ahead of myself.

So tonight, thanks again to my Google Reader application, I found this from my buddy Iannucci over at the My Name is IRL blog. The people over at SPEED have a great way of pointing out the obvious when it comes to the difference between fans of Open-wheeled racing, Like Formula 1 and the IRL and NASCAR fans. It's another great take-off of the great Mac/P.C. commercials that feature Dustin Long and John Hodgman as the Mac and PC, respectively.

What it reminds me of is something that Larry the Cable Guy said when he was Grand Marshal at what was then the Dodge/Sav-Mart 350, now the Toyota/Sav-Mart 350. If I can find the video from that press conference, I'll share it but he pointed out the difference between FOrmula 1 Drivers and NASCAR Drivers with a very hilarious Ward Burton imitation. 

Meanwhile, in that same blog I found a quote from Frankie Muniz, about his continued desire to race in Open-wheeled competition, with an eye to eventually reach the IRL. I'm glad to see he hasn't given up on his racing dream. I know he's got the skills to compete as long as he can find a team that will not only provide him with teh equipment and experience he needs behind the wall, but also has enough faith to give him the opportunity to succeed.