Dale Earnhardt & Nascar

Settings: Professional, no assists. Oh and we have sound, yes! Not the best quality but at least we have something! Gran Turismo 5 Build at GamesCom 2010 in Köln, Germany. Driving is done by Denur from GTPlanet of course! I used a simple Audio to Audio cable to record the sounds straight from the TV using my laptop and recorded the video with my Sony SD Camcorder. The TV sound there was set at MAX and yet you mostly couldn’t hear anything at all. I apologize for the angle of the video but I had to make sure both were at arms reach so I could operate both at the same time. Enjoy!

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Start your engines and get in front of your computers to watch the NASCAR Coke Zero 400 held July 3 at Daytona International Speedway. This will be the final event run on top the current asphalt at the Speedway, which will be shut down after the race for repaving. The entire 2.5 mile oval, along with the skid pads, apron and pit road, will be totally repaved. NASCAR will return to running the new surface for Speedweeks 2011 and the 53rd Annual Daytona 500 to be held Feb. 20, 2011.

So, to watch the NASCAR Coke Zero 400 you need to grab a hold of this great software I found. You can easily download it from the Internet and just as easily install and operate it on your computer. There is a version for either Macintosh or PC so everyone gets their own computer-side, grandstand seat. The only thing else needed to complete your race entry ticket is a high-speed Internet connection through either cable or DSL. Then you can grab a snack and a cold one, sit back in your favorite chair and watch all the spine-tingling racing action through live streaming video over the Internet onto your own computer.

Follow the exploits of your favorite NASCAR team as they negotiate through the pack in this 160-lap, 400 mile race that pits driving skills and endurance to win the day. Last year’s winner, Tony Stewart, will more than likely put on a great defense of his title. He also won in 2005 and 2006. But others like Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon – all past winners – will also be geared for a winning run.

If you install this software on a traveling laptop, you add a great feature giving you the opportunity to view the racing action no matter where you are Independence Day weekend. High-speed Internet connections are available everywhere nowadays, so enjoy.

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This commercial aired right after Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona. Budweiser made commerical Tribute to The Intimidator.

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While some celebrities have launched their own designer fragrance lines, many opt to wear the same scents as you and I.

Wondering what perfume or cologne your favorite star sprays on before heading out to that premiere or performance?  Here’s a few we found.

Actor Alec Baldwin favors Bulgari Eau Parfumee.

Ali MacGraw wears the classic Chanel No. 5

Alicia Keys likes all the Bulgari fragrances.

Amanda Bynes knows what a girl wants, she sports Stella by Stella McCartney.

Amanda Seyfried’s perfume is also by Bulgari.

Angelina Jolie’s current favorite is said to be Creed Love In White – a preference shared by US First Lady Michelle Obama.

Antonio Banderas says he wears his own, awarding winning perfume, Antonio.

Bridget Fonda wears Eau De Guerlain;  Brooke Shields and Britt Ekland like Guerlain Shalimar.

Cameron Diaz wears lots of different perfumes, including Samsara.

Country singer Carrie Underwood likes Gwen Stefani Llamb.

Classic beauty Cate Blanchett wears Burberry Brit.

Chelsea Clinton likes Calvin Klein Truth

Christiane Celle sports L’air Du Temps by Nina Ricci.

Christy Turlington wears Eternity by Calvin Klein.

Cynthia Nixon wears Donna Karan’s Cashmere Mist.

Race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. likes Drakkar Noir by Guy Laroche.

David Beckham wears his own scent, Beckham.

Elisabeth Rohm wears John Varvatos Parfum

Elle MacPherson likes Vetiver by Guerlain.

Elton John and Elvis Costello both wear Creed colognes

Emma Roberts likes Marc Jacobs Blush.

Eric Clapton wears Armani

Gisele Bundchen likes Opium.

Hayden Panettiere wears Burberry London.

Heidi Klum’s perfumes are Prada and Opium.

Heidi Montag loves Gucci Rush 2.

Hugh Grant is another Creed man.

Jack Nicholson likes Armani Mania.

Jerry Hall wears Caroline Herrera 212.

Jodi Foster likes Guerlain Vetiver

Jools Oliver wears Stella by Stella McCartney.

Julia Roberts likes Creed Spring Flower.

Karen Elsen thinks Agent Provocateur is fantastic.

Katie Holmes never tires of Bulgari Pour Femme.  Katie Couric likes this designer fragrance too.

Kirstin Dunst likes Marc Jacobs Blush.

Lara Harris wears Gio De Giorgio Armani.

Maria Shriver’s perfume is Acqua Di Gio

Nicole Richie likes Bleeker Street by Bond No. 9.

Paris Hilton wears her own signature scent, Paris.

Paul McCartney likes Guerlain Vetiver

Penelope Cruz wears Ralph Lauren.

Phil Collins likes Armani.

Prince Harry wears Cool Water by Davidoff, and Prince William wears Ralph Lauren Polo.

Reese Witherspoon ~ Calypso Mimosa, Intuition, Kai, IF, Custom perfume by Jane Hendler

Rupert Everett never wears colognes.

Sarah Michelle Gellar varies with Bulgari Blu Pour Homme and Blvgari Petits Et Mamans With Blv Green Tea and  Juicy Couture.

Scarlet Johansson likes Eternity Moment and florals.

Shakira likes Bvlgari Petits et Mamans,

Shirley MacLaine favors Shalimar.

Sienna Miller likes DKNY Woman and CK One among others.

Sofia Coppola wears Marc Jacobs.

Susan Sarandon’s fragrance is Cashmere Mist.

Tanya Tucker wears Opium perfume.

Teri Hatcher sports Marc Jacobs Cucumber.

Uma Thurman wears CK One Summer.

Usher likes Creed fragrances.

Whitney Houston likes three:  Bulgari Pour Femme, Calvin Klein’s Obsession, and Armarige.

Will Smith’s favorite scent is Bulgari Aqua Pour Homme Marine Cologne.

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July 2,2010 Dale Earnhardt Jr. led the final 34 laps in the race and was able to score the victory in the famous #3 car in honor of his father at Daytona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dale Jr. got the 3 fingers from the fans on lap 3 to salute Dale Sr. Also, Dale Jr. is the first driver to win in the new NASCAR Nationwide Series car. This is also Dale Jr.’s last start and win in the #3 car. Congrats to Dale Jr.!!! What a race!!!

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Looking like he is already in championship form, Jimmie Johnson passed Tony Stewart with three laps remaining to win the Kobalt Tools 500 in Atlanta Sunday.

Johnson led 132 of the first 238 laps and then the last three to win the 25th Nextel Cup race of his career.  Johnson gave much of the credit to crew chief Chad Knaus for making adjustments during the race, and specifically on the last pit stop.  Following the final pit stop Johnson passed Matt Kenseth and then Stewart.

Stewart had the lead on the final restart but after some exciting side by side racing with Johnson, Johnson’s inside pass was the pivotal moment.  Kenseth finished third and Jeff Burton finished fourth.

Johnson moved to within 28 points of chase leader Mark Martin in the Nextel Cup standings.  Martin, who finished 10th remains in the points lead eight points ahead of second place Jeff Gordon.  Martin’s lead should come to an end after next week since he reiterated his plans to sit out the next two races in the partial schedule he will run this year.  Jeff Burton is third in the points, 11 behind Martin and Johnson is in fourth.

Juan Pablo Montoya continues his rapid learning curve as he carded the best result of his Nextel Cup career finishing in fifth.  Montoya, who won the Busch race in Mexico City two weeks ago, says he and his crew are “getting the hang of it”.

Most drivers were obviously concerned about tire wear and tear and took it easy early in the race.  The Goodyear tires held up well and for half the race with the drivers just clicking off laps is seemed to be a pretty boring race.

Atlanta Race Notes:

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s struggles in 2007 continue. He is 26th in the point standings.

Brian Vickers became the first driver to lead a lap in a Nextel Cup race in a Toyota.  His joy was short-lived, he had engine trouble and ended up in the garage with a 42nd place finish.

The biggest wreck of the day was a four car incident the included Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, David Reutimann, and Brian Vickers.

Many drivers in Atlanta couldn’t help but thinking about next weeks Bristol race and the debut of the new larger, boxier Car of Tomorrow.

Kyle Busch will showcase endangered wildlife on his car this year to call attention to animal rescue and conservation education at Sea World and Busch Gardens.  A bald eagle, penguins and a kangaroo were at the media center in Atlanta this past week for the announcement.

Drivers Need to Stop Complaining

Tony Stewart said “They screwed up a great racetrack!”  Mark Martin predicted gloom and doom after the Busch race last Saturday, and Jeff Gordon said he planned to sit down with NASCAR officials after last Sunday’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nextel Cup race.  Lately if one thing is as certain as death and taxes, it will be stock car racers complaining about the track and conditions they have to race in each week.

In reality it was not “black ice” as Greg Biffle called it, or was there a wreck on every lap as Kasey Kahne boldly predicted.  It was a different track than they had raced on in Vegas in the past,  slight track improvements were made and 8 degrees of banking were added as well a revamping of pit road.  Speeds were topping 200 mph during testing in January, and Goodyear’s tire for LVMS was hard and didn’t grip the track very well.  

What’s the big deal?  NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers are paid big buck to make left turns and complete 267 in Las Vegas every March.  If the track unsafe for driving with 42 other cars at blazing speeds racers need to make adjustments.  The conditions are the same for everybody.   When Tiger Woods goes to Scotland for the British Open and the conditions are wet, rainy and gale force winds whip up over the lochs and channels he can’t play the same game as he would in Hilton Head at the Heritage Golf Classic.

Different conditions at different tracks make NASCAR racing much more interesting to Joe Fan in Hoover Alabama.  If every track was the same, racing teams could set the car up each week, teach a chimpanzee to grip a steering wheel and hit a gas pedal and let him go.  It would be mindless racing each weekend which translates into BORING.

These drivers are too good to be pouting each time a track doesn’t suit their cars perfectly.  It is a long season and each week the warriors of the NASCAR circuit hit a different track in a different city.  There are many great stories and races that need to be talked and written about.  Complaining and crying about the track each week doesn’t need to be one of them.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr Budwieser Commercial with Desert Mutants

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Shaq VS second season is set to start and Perry Rogers one of the executive producer of this reality show has announced that this time Justin Bieber, the Canadian teen heartthrob singer, will be among those the NBA star will have a face off with in his competition series. The Media Rights for the second season of ABC’s Shaq VS is secured by a Canadian broadcaster. Perry Rogers further added that this time the show will focus less on athletic competition, and might even involve an eating competition with Joey Chestnut. As Shaq’s business manager he went on to say that O’Neal will visit the much smaller 16-year-old pop star and join in a dance crew competition.

Looking at the success of the program, Perry Rogers one of the executive producers of the reality show was confident of doing everything possible to keep the trend going. He further clarified that Shaq is in good shape and getting better, with him racing with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Shaq will also have a shot at magic with Penn & Teller and will even box against Sugar Shane Mosley. The one hour show, ‘Shaq VS’, is already popular in the USA and season two is to be looked forward to. Shaq has leadership qualities and his action often brings in lots of expectation not to mention the entertainment factor that comes up. Shaq’s great entertainer and is already kicking up a storm with tweets about Shaq VS Season Two on Twitter.

Perry Rogers has been associated with Shaquille O’Neal through ‘Venture Management’ a full-service sports management company. Taking his management skills further he was successful in getting Shaq into this reality show and does the PR for him. His previous stint with Shaq through ‘Venture Management’ secured him endorsement deal worth $50 million. Perry Rogers’s management skills are widely known for his successfully handling celebrity crisis.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the 2009 Country Music Awards – on the red carpet and presenting.

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