Fifty Plus (50+) - TdF Metaphor

I was sort-of watching the NASCAR race at Miami- Homestead course and the newscaster was explaining Jimmie Johnson's position in the race comparing him to the Yellow Jersey and another car as his domestique.

What a change that sports announcers actually expect a typical sports fan to know what a Yellow Jersey was and what it means. :p

What's NASCAR?

I was sort-of watching the NASCAR race at Miami- Homestead course and the newscaster was explaining Jimmie Johnson's position in the race comparing him to the Yellow Jersey and another car as his domestique.

What a change that sports announcers actually expect a typical sports fan to know what a Yellow Jersey was and what it means. :p

I know one NASCAR fan who actually watched the TdF last year:D My ex son-in-law and I were talking about the TdF and he decided to watch it. He was absolutely blown away with the peloton. He couldn't image riding so close at those speeds.

We've come a long way, baby.

I remember a few years ago at the Tour de Georgia, they compared the advertising of sponsors on the cars and jerseys to the same with NASCAR in hopes of making it seem more interesting to the local good ol' boys.

What's NASCAR?

National Association of Sponsored Cyclists And Racers.

Are some of us getting a little to "pinky sticking out from the tea cup bike snob snooty"


Anti NASCAR posts belong on the Road Forum!..........

Didn't US Postal leave cycling to sponsor NASCAR? Or, was that just a rumor? I don't know, but cycling may take a foot hold in mainstream culture yet. I sure would like a larger number of drivers on the road that are aware of cyclist and don't think we're freaks. Perhaps encouraging the metaphors is a really good thing.

I don't know which is the more amazing - NASCAR going mainstream or TdF going mainstream.

Paul

...the newscaster was explaining Jimmie Johnson's position in the race comparing him to the Yellow Jersey...

Jimmie Johnson is doping? :D

Are some of us getting a little too "pinky sticking out from the tea cup bike snob snooty"

Homey don't think so! http://www.direct.ca/hss/0052.gif

Homey don't think so! http://www.direct.ca/hss/0052.gif

Well, at least you admit to watching the race! :D

Didn't US Postal leave cycling to sponsor NASCAR? Or, was that just a rumor? I don't know, but cycling may take a foot hold in mainstream culture yet. I sure would like a larger number of drivers on the road that are aware of cyclist and don't think we're freaks. Perhaps encouraging the metaphors is a really good thing.

USPS was told to quit sports sponsorships, because it wasn't part of their allowed activities.
I think it was congress or some congressional committee.

What's NASCAR?

They endorse Tyvek homewrap, perhaps through the Dupont connection, but I have never seen a stock car covered in Tyvek. :) Perhaps they use it when they build the pit garages?