Blog 4

As I mentioned in last week's blog, I drag raced down 11th Ave. at the opening ceremony for the NY International Auto Show last Saturday. Afterwards we had our 2007 No. 87 Marquis Jet Porsche on display for the weekend so I ended up staying there all weekend to sign autographs. It's amazing the responses you get from people when wearing a driver's suit next to a race car.

 Top 20 Most Popular Comments and Questions at the Auto Show (none are exaggerated):

1. "You look like Carl Edwards."
2. "Are you a REAL race car driver?"
3. "Where do you go to the bathroom? Do you pee in the car?"
4. "How do you drive for 24 hours straight?"
5. "Can I just take a driving test to get a racing license?
6. "I bet I could beat you."
7. "I want to start racing, where can I send my resume to? I can start by changing tires for you."
8. "Do you drive for NASCAR??
9. "Why don't you drive for NASCAR?"
10. "Is this your job? Do you just drive a car for a living?"
11. "Can I buy your car?"
12. "Is this free?" (The signed hero cards)
13. "How much for a signed autograph?"
14. "Could you get me free tickets to a race?"
15. "How did you get into racing?"
16. "You must get a lot of speeding tickets, huh?"
17. "What's your everyday car?"
18. "How's it going, Dirk...Oh, you're not German?"
19. "You and Dirk look alike, how's that?"
20. "Do you use NOS?"

Video from Auto Show