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Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:59 pm EDT

Kyle Busch and Scott Speed, teammates? The horror! The horror!

By Jay Busbee

I don't think it would be physically possible to combine two drivers who have more, um -- how should we put this? -- ardent detractors than Kyle Busch and Scott Speed. And so naturally, Chip Ganassi Racing, with special guest star Felix Sabates, will be running the team as a second entry in the July 4 Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona.

Speed and The D00D will make their debut in the No. 02 Waste Management Lexus Riley; feel free to make whatever easy jokes about sponsorship that you like. They'll accompany Sabates' defending champion team of Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, running (appropriately enough) the No. 01 TELMEX Lexus.

Chip Ganassi noted that Speed has plenty of road course experience to go with those wacky toenails, and that Busch can drive damn near anything ever built even if it often ends up in the wall. Well, those weren't his exact words, but you get the idea.

The race will take place at 2 p.m. on July 4. Six hours later, Busch and Speed will run in the Coke Zero 400. So, yeah, probably no time to get out to the beach in between, but you never know.

Now, this pairing will bring out the haters in droves, but me, I'm seeing more potential. Two words: reality show. Goofball & The Brat! It's genius, I tell ya!

Hat tip: NASCAR Insiders Twitterfeed

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  1. Willy Doer
    1. Posted by Willy Doer Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:10 pm EDT

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    You mean this isnt a Create a caption Busbee!!!??!! Dang........
  2. Carol
    2. Posted by Carol Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    I was thinking that too. "Hey Scott, I still have my tonsils, wanna see?"
  3. mel g
    3. Posted by mel g Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:20 pm EDT

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    I could say something really bad, but this is a family page.
  4. KimRN
    4. Posted by KimRN Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    Yuck!
    Twinkle Toes and the Twit!
  5. FarmerJ
    5. Posted by FarmerJ Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:43 pm EDT

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    At least they can borrow each others gigantic sunshades, idiots
  6. Reds24
    6. Posted by Reds24 Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:49 pm EDT

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    pssst Willy - it was... a LONG time ago (OMG like at least 10 months! lol)
    check it out:
    http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Create-a-caption-Igottasneezedon-tmakemelaugh?urn=nascar,89693
  7. thismanisafan
    7. Posted by thismanisafan Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:50 pm EDT

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    Please don't make Busch (Kyle) the next NASCAR poster boy !!!
    "Jr. is starting to fade away"
  8. thismanisafan
    8. Posted by thismanisafan Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:54 pm EDT

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    Busch in 2 races, in the heat on the 4th. of July = A wall shot X's two !!!!
  9. Carol
    9. Posted by Carol Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:10 pm EDT

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    Nice link, Reds. Dang, I miss Baller...
  10. Carol
    10. Posted by Carol Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:21 pm EDT

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    Did you read it over? The impostor was busy then...
  11. Juan de Nova
    11. Posted by Juan de Nova Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:58 pm EDT

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    Waste Management. Perfect.
  12. kinggeorge
    12. Posted by kinggeorge Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:00 pm EDT

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    Carol--- I miss my 'brother from another mother' too.
    Well I was wondering when this was going to happen. No, not when D00D1 and D00D2 got together to record "Peanut Butter & Jelly", when we would see Kyle get behind the wheel of a real race....uh....sports car. He has certainly turned on the obnoxious factor this weekend with his "I knew we would finish second" whining but I can't wait to see what he can do in a Ganassi Daytona Prototype. He's going to have to use skill and finesse to get by Pruett, Max Angelelli (please just a few laps of them racing nose to tail), and Dan Gurney, to name a few, because rubbing is not racing in the real world. Hopefully he doesn't try to amputate his finger like Jimmie did before his lackluster debut.
    And Kyle. go whine to your girlfriend about your inability to seal the deal this year, frankly I'm getting tired of listening to you cry. Poor stinkin' ungrateful brat.
  13. jorge p
    13. Posted by jorge p Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:00 pm EDT

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    didnt kyle say something about F1 too? if it can be raced, kyle will drive it to victory lane eventualy.
  14. Lainey
    14. Posted by Lainey Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:17 pm EDT

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    Carol - I too miss Baller. I sure wish he'd come back!
    Reds - Thanks for the link, it was fun to re-read that one.
  15. Reds24
    15. Posted by Reds24 Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:29 pm EDT

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    lol ya'll are welcome, that was fun to go back and read... I totally forgot about the impostor back then
  16. kinggeorge
    16. Posted by kinggeorge Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:45 pm EDT

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    For a real hoot click on the create-a-caption link above the Jeff and Ingrid photo to check that one out. That is an all time classic.
  17. cmeponu2
    17. Posted by cmeponu2 Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:23 pm EDT

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    Hmmmmm, Anyone notice Montoya is absent from the Ganassi ride? What's that about?
  18. NostraChronus
    18. Posted by NostraChronus Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:33 pm EDT

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    they'll double their brain cell capacity to two, and that's being generous.
  19. Kim
    19. Posted by Kim Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:45 pm EDT

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    Actually, I think Kyle was practicing opera in that picture. He will perform an aria based on the infamous cereal and milk video. That will be an interesting race...wonder which ego will win?
  20. Charles M.
    20. Posted by Charles M. Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:49 pm EDT

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    KB: Am I to late for the tea bagging party?
    SS: Dood just grow up!
  21. Charles M.
    21. Posted by Charles M. Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:51 pm EDT

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    KB: Do you want to race 12" Kielbasa's
    SS: Not my kind of race man!
  22. Charles M.
    22. Posted by Charles M. Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:18 pm EDT

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    KB: My last impersonation was Pete Townsend, my next will be Elton John.
    SS: I don't think Elton John is flamboyant enough, try Liberace.
  23. Charles M.
    23. Posted by Charles M. Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:23 pm EDT

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    KB: Boy I can't wait to get to Sonoma, 30 miles from San Francisco. I can do the whale on Polk street in my pink tutu.
  24. Willy Doer
    24. Posted by Willy Doer Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:22 pm EDT

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    Reds...WOW, what a memory!! i remember now after seeing the winner from the other create a caption winner with Jeffs costume...Your good, really good.
  25. NostraChronus
    25. Posted by NostraChronus Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:34 am EDT

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    create-a-caption - Kyle Bush can only swallow so much bullsh**

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