{"id":2622,"date":"2010-05-30T06:27:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T11:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2010-05-30T06:27:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T11:27:13","slug":"memorial-day-weekend-%e2%80%93-racing-trifecta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/05\/30\/memorial-day-weekend-%e2%80%93-racing-trifecta\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Weekend \u2013 Racing Trifecta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love the Sunday before Memorial Day; F1, Indy, and NASCAR racing all in a single glorious race filled day.  The last few years F1 kicked things off with the Monaco GP, but this year we are going to be treated with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formula1.com\/races\/in_detail\/turkey_830\/circuit_diagram.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.formula1.com\/races\/in_detail\/turkey_830\/circuit_diagram.html', 'Turkish GP');\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish GP<\/a>, Istanbul style, which as I write this post, starts in about 50 of so minutes.<\/p>\n<p>I always enjoy watching the Indy 500, and while I am sure that the race has lost much of its luster compared to the \u201cgood ol\u2019 days\u201d it is still an exciting display of racing.  I wonder how many Danica Patrick \u201cpouts\u201d will be on display.  The TVs love following her, which I guess is OK if this type of coverage brings in viewers, but until she starts willing, who really cares?  It is not as if she looks <em>that<\/em> good that there should be so much damn coverage of her.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping up the evening (and headed late into the night) is the 600 at Charlotte.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that Jeff Gordon can finally put it all together, from start to finish, and win his first race of the year.  He has been crazy good at times, but seems to run into really poor luck (those damn restarts get him ever time) at the end.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the night, I should be sick of racing, but hopefully not sick from too many adult beverages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the Sunday before Memorial Day; F1, Indy, and NASCAR racing all in a single glorious race filled day. 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