Daytona 500 - 50 Years of the Great American Race DVD
April 17th, 2008 by Darren (NASCAR Geek)
I received a copy of the new Daytona 500 - 50 Years of the Great American Race DVD to check out and share with you. I’ve got to admit being pretty excited about getting it. If you know me, I call a spade a spade. So, let me get it out of the way…this is a really great DVD!
I see I’m slower than some of the other NASCAR bloggers also sharing their free give-away DVD that came with our copy. If you want to get your chance to win my free give-away copy read about it here.
Here’s the other NASCAR sites giving out a free copy. (Email me if I missed your site)
Want to know more? Ok.
When the DVD starting playing, I thought out loud, “Is this a game?”
My daughter thought the same thing. Then I realized the car numbers and little screen views I saw (I could have watched the demo on the disc, but that would be too easy) were selectable.
Cool. I could watch the 2008 Daytona 500 from 6 different drivers on-board cameras or the television broadcast version. Plus, it has the team audio to boot!
The DVD main menu lets you select which ten-lap segment you want to watch. Different segments let you view the race from different drivers.
The second disc includes alot of vintage race footage and a round table discussion of former Daytona 500 winners. Leading the discussion are Darrell and Michael Waltrip in classic DW and Mikey style. Daytona 500 winning drivers featured include: David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Junior Johnson, Mario Andretti, Pete Hamilton, Marvin Panch & Buddy Baker.
It’s a fascinating thing to watch the action as its narrated by the men who were there making Daytona 500 history.
If you’re not the winner of one of these few free copies, I suggest laying out the cash to buy your own. You will definitely enjoy it!
April 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
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April 17th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
I like the “eh?” part. Very good!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Haha..now give it up Bob. We Americans (my experience) really love the Canadians…but you can’t have a conversation about Canada and not throw that (eh?) in there. Are we stereo-typing you?
April 18th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I really liked the in-car stuff. I’ve not had the chance to sit down with any of the live in-car offerings yet. This DVD gives you that opportunity.
As for the “eh” - I’ll be watching the Stanley Cup playoffs tonight on “Hockey Night in Canada” out of Windsor. I get the fealling that Canadians revel in there Canuck-ness. Am I right Bob?
Thanks for the mention Darren.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hey, I’ve got several Canadian friends from all parts of the great white north. Most of them are in Toronto and quite a few of those guys are Asian decent, but I also have a handful from over on the French Canadian side (one of whom wears his shorts much, much too tight and much, much too short).
After hanging out with them for a week, I came back to the States with a new favorite beer (Molson Canadian), I sampled some different cigarettes (this was back when I smoked), my car had about a dozen empty Tim Hortons cups in it, my pockets had all sorts of Canadian coins in them, and I now refer to strip clubs as the “peeler bars.” However, I’ve been using “eh” since high school (and driving my wife crazy with it for the last 13 years). One thing I haven’t picked up is the changing of “Z” to “Zed”, as in the BMW Z4 is the Zed 4.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:16 am
As a kid growing up in Ohio I would occasionally get a Canadian penny. They spent just like American and I thought that was how it worked. I moved to Texas when I was 16 and gave the guy at McDonald’s a Canadian penny with my payment and he hands it back. I’m like WTF?
You’re a bro Bob!
April 19th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Darren says, “you can’t have a conversation about Canada and not throw that (eh?) in there. Are we stereo-typing you?”
Yes you are, but I don’t mind. I’m being a bit presumptious here but I’m sure I speak for most Canadians when I say we, as Canadians, actually love it when we are stereo-typed, it reminds us of who we are and where we come from. I have noticed that we as a nation and a culture can laugh at ourselves fairly easily and comfortably.
Charlie says, “I get the feeling that Canadians revel in there Canuck-ness. Am I right?”
Yes. Yes you are. One thing I hate about it though is that it is easier for some of us to say what we aren’t compared to what we are. It is the elusive identity of Canadian culture that hurts us sometimes. We Canadians find it hard to identify the things that make us us I’m sad to say while at the same time it is easy to identify what we are not. I hope what I have written makes sense, it is the best that I can explain it right now.
James, I’ve also heard the “peelers’ refered to as the “rippers” and we are well known for them apparently. One time I was at Michigan for a race and the guys in front of me asked me where I was from and when I said Canada, the first thing out of their mouths were, “You’ve got great strip bars up there”.
As far as the Tim Horton’s goes, they are expanding into the US, especially in places where Canadians typically vacation - look for one near you soon as they will put Dunkin Donuts out of business for sure.
Molson’s is good, Moosehead is better as is Labatt Genuine Draft - but I’m hooked on a US beer called Ice House, ever have it?
Now for the ‘Zed’ thing. Personally I think the Camaro “Zee” 28 sounds better when it is said as the Camaro “Zed” 28 which we often shorten and just refer to as a “Zedder”. A “Zeer” would just sound too yuck!
Darren, bet you wish you had that penny back a few months ago as it was worth just a little more than your US one.
Maybe you guys can help me out here, I’m trying to get something off the ground and with your help I think we can do it. You all know how we say “eh” a lot when we talk, well I’m trying to get everyone in the US to say “b” a lot when they talk, because I think it would be cool as then we would have “eh” in Canada, “b” in the US and “Si” in Mexico.
Think about it and let me know if you are in.
Take Care.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Easy as 1-2-3.
I’ve tried a few Labbatts, but don’t care for them. I think it’s been a while since I’ve tried the Mooshead, might have to give it another shot. I was big on Icehouse when they first got real popular, but something about them give me headaches… and I’m not talking about hangover types. Molson Canadian is just a good, innexpensive, every-day, during a cookout, etcetera type of beer. I’m also a fan of “3 Monts” (French) and Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse (German). What I don’t like are the really dark beers, such as Guiness.
I’ve hear the peeler bars in Montreal are something else.
Tim Horton’s was alright, but I didn’t think they were all that great. There’s been a big surge of Dunkin Donuts here in Greenville this last 6 months, same with Brick House Coffee. Gotta wonder when all this specialty coffee stuff will stop. Seems there’s a Java shop of some sort opening in every strip mall.