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MEET THE DEVINE TEAM FOR 2009
Name: Kasey Kahne
Car: #9 Budweiser Dodge
Crew chief: Kenny Francis
Team: Richard Petty Motorsports
Born on: April 10, 1980
Born at: Enumclaw, Wash.
Stays at: Mooresville, N.C.
Cup career wins: 9
2008 finish: 14th
2008 wins: 2
2008 poles: 2
2008 best finishes: 1st place at 1st Pocono; 1st place at Infineon
Why we're a fan: Kasey is just about the most flat-out gorgeous man in NASCAR. This will be his sixth Cup season, and he still doesn't look like he's old enough to drink what his sponsor's selling -- let alone race against Cup veterans. But as RuPaul likes to say, "Don't let the smooth taste fool ya!"
Kasey can flat out fly in a racecar, resulting in nine wins since his 2004 debut season and a spot in the 2006 Chase for the Championship. Offtrack, Kasey's ads for AllState -- in which he is relentlessly pursued by a posse of possibly deranged single gals on the make -- are the best campaign by a NASCAR star. (I've heard that one of those women said they filmed the first ads using a stand-in for Kasey, and when they saw the final version with them drooling over this guy who looked 16, they felt like total pervs!) This year let's see if Kasey can keep outrunning those cougars and get into the Chase, too! |
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Heading to the Racetrack? Here's my own tasty dish for your tailgate party. |
Betty Jack DeVine's Race Flags Salad
Put in a big bowl --
3 cans of garbanzo beans (drain and rinse)
1 can black beans (drain and rinse)
1 can diced Rotel (drain, chop more and reserve liquid)
1 each red, yellow and green peppers (sliced and diced)
1 purple onion (chopped)
Dressing: whisk together --
Rotel liquid
Juice of 1 lime
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tb ground cumin (rounded)
1 tb crushed dried cilantro (rounded)
3 crushed garlic cloves (or garlic powder)
Mix up your dressing in a side bowl, then pour it over all the other ingredients.
Notes --
As you can see, you have here all the necessary colors to represent the green, yellow, red, black and checkered flags! I like to dice my pepper slices in a diagonal fashion -- it makes them look more like flags, I think! Alter the garbanzo/black bean ratio to suit yourself. If you can, fix this a couple of days in advance -- keep it in the fridge and stir or shake daily to reflavor everything. Eat up, y'all!
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who are y'all, anyway?
Gaytona.com is a project of Betty Jack DeVine, who creates the content, and Dixie Richardson, who designs and maintains the site.
Are y'all a gay couple?
Yes, since 1981!
Where do y'all live?
Atlanta and Daytona Beach.
When did y'all start watching NASCAR?
In 2001. However, because we are both natives of South Crazyland, we were aware of racing from our babyhood.
When did you start Gaytona.com?
In 2002. We announced the members of our first DeVine 9 1/2 fantasy team in 2003 and began posting commentary about the races that year.
What's the purpose of the site?
The site is our attempt to offer appreciation and commentary about the season from a gay point of view. We love racing and the great people you meet at the races!
Are there any gay NASCAR drivers?
There might could be -- and that's great if so -- but that's not what the site is about. We're just having some zany gay fun with America's coolest sport! I did go out on a limb at the end of '08 and predict that a Cup driver would come out this season. If that happens, I want credit for my future-seeing!
How do you pick the members of the DeVine 9 1/2?
We pick guys for the team who are sharp, fast and amusing -- guys who make the sport interesting to watch -- guys we want to win -- and guys we'd love to see show up at the trailer late one night in the infield, when the Crown is going around and everyone's feeling fine!
Why "9 1/2"?
That is Betty Jack's shoe size.
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Welcome, gay NASCAR fans! Well these last few weeks have been tough on our team, what with all these Kurt Busch victories, and then Jimmy Johnson winning at Martinsville. But at least we got to see Jeff Gordon win at Texas -- his first victory since 2nd Charlotte in 07 -- so that was mighty sweet! .
Thanks to my cousin Amy who sent the pic, above, from Bristol. Amy said it was great, other than the Kurt Busch thing.
What's going on with Jamie? The Dallas Morning News reported on March 31 that he's trying to get access to five of his investment accounts that were frozen "in the multi-billion-dollar fraud investigation of Stanford Financial Group." "Some of the funds in the accounts are used to pay expenses associated with his racing team, including employees, according to a filing in Dallas federal court," the paper said, adding that he "will likely not have enough cash to take care of his income taxes by April." Talk about hard times -- money is tight even for people as famous as Jamie. I hope he can get all his money back, for sure.
Meanwhile, over in F1... the season got off to a super start in Melbourne, Australia. There are so many crazy developments this year in F1:
*Gazillionaire Richard Branson came onboard as Big Daddy for the newly minted Brawn GP team, which stunned everyone by winning the first 2 races! Jenson Button took the pole and then the checkers.
* FIA changed a lot of rules about the car this year, and some of the teams interpreted the specs on the rear diffuser to mean something totally different from the other teams -- they fixed it so it would fill with air, creating much more down-force. There was a big messy challenge over this, but FIA ruled in favor of those with the innovative new thingy.
* Some -- again, not all -- of the cars are using this crazy new KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) device that captures and stores otherwise-wasted energy when the car brakes, releasing it, at the push of a button, as 18 extra horsepower . Groovy! Only thing is, the stored electricity is more than enough to fry a human being, so you cannot even touch one of these cars unless its safety light indicates it is safe to do so. Mercy!
* More passing -- more drama -- we really give FIA credit for shaking it up in F1 this year!
Getting back to NASCAR -- has anyone else noticed how strange these "DW Rants" are? Darryl Waltrip is preaching these sermons about how the drivers need to be more old-school, in-yo-face, oh-no-she-ditn't, in other words really get out there and take no prisoners-- but what's unspoken is the "condition" for which Dr. DW is writing this "prescription" ("Open one can of whup-ass, apply as needed") and that condition is BORING RACES! I told Dixie, it's as if DW said to FOX, "Look y'all: I've got to say something, the fans aren't fools." And the answer he got back was, "OK, you can blame the drivers. But whatever you do, don't blame NASCAR and don't blame The Car of Tomorrow."
The poor FOX announcers. You almost feel sorry for them! When they're not trying to seem excited about runaway races, they're trying to tell you that the most popular souvenir trailer is the one for that near-rat Digger! For me, at least, there's a real "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" quality to the way they cringe their way through the introduction to Digger's embarrassing weekly cartoon. ("Think about the money. It will be over soon. Thing about the money. It will...")
Well friends, i wish you a happy Springtime and good racing, wherever you are! Don't forget, coming up this weekend we've got Arizona Cup qualifying Friday at 7 pm on Speed, the Cup race on FOX at 8:30 Saturday night (woo hoo!) and the Chinese Grand Prix at 2:30 Sunday morning! Let's all meet up down at the Track Bar!
Love,
Betty Jack DeVine
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