Here's a collision of history and potential: Austin Dillon, grandson of Richard Childress, will make his Sprint Cup debut in a car sponsored by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's Centennial Celebration, as well as the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. How in the heck are they going to fit all that on the hood?
Anyway, Dillon, the 2010 Trucks rookie of the year, won't be running the familiar No. 3 in Sprint Cup; not even a Ronald Reagan-affiliated car could calm the rage of Earnhardt Nation over that one. (A Reagan-Elvis-Johnny Cash one? Perhaps.) No, Dillon will run under the No. 98 in an as-yet-undetermined race.
"It's an honor and a privilege to be part of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration as a Co-Chair of the National Youth Leadership Committee," said Dillon in a press release. "President Reagan was always one of my grandfather's, Richard Childress, heroes, so I grew up hearing about the President's strong leadership abilities and family values. Those are two qualities I carry with me in my career as a NASCAR driver by being a strong leader for my team and making my family proud of my accomplishments on and off the track." And if you believe a 21-year-old driver spoke with that kind of cadence, discipline and foresight, well, we've got some beachfront property in Arizona we'd like you to sponsor.
Still, all silliness aside, there'll be plenty of celebration commemorating Reagan's birthday. Below is a little bit of propaganda posing as a thank-you card, and by God, if this doesn't make you want to stand up, salute the flag and slap a Communist all at once, you're just plain ol' unAmerican, that's all:
So now we've got birthday parties as sponsors. A bit ironic, in that I've often had it the other way, with Budweiser and Crown Royal generously sponsoring my birthdays. They never want me to do post-event interviews, though.
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