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Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:24 pm EST

The force is strong in young Earnhardt ... plus Midnight Marbles

By Jay Busbee

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Anakin Skywalker, getting their Dark Side on. I feel certain that you could come up with Star Wars analogues for every NASCAR driver. (Want to be a blogger? That's Assignment 1 in Blogging 101, creating your own listicle: "Why [a group of athletes] is like [a group of popular culture figures]!" See, it's funny because Junior ISN'T Anakin, but what if he were? Wouldn't that be cool? And funny? And only a few years out of date? Blogging is awesome!)

Anyway, as you can see, I'm dry-firing at this point. I turn the place over to you now to do with as you wish for a few hours. Enjoy, and we'll see you back here soon with more stuff.

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  1. cmeponu2
    1. Posted by cmeponu2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT

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    Woohoo no more scrolling two pages over and five posts down!!
  2. KimRN
    2. Posted by KimRN Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    What does that make Kasey, R2D2? Oh, I could run with this one....
  3. hugsx5
    3. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Okay an obvious one....Stewart as Jabba the Hut!
  4. hugsx5
    4. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Mark Martin as Yoda
  5. hugsx5
    5. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Mears, Riggs, Logano, Kesloweski..= Ewoks.
  6. hugsx5
    6. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Rusty Wallace as...wait for it....Ja Ja Binks
  7. Jet
    7. Posted by Jet Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:56 pm EDT

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    Finally...... a place to lurk...
    Hiya M'heads.
  8. cmeponu2
    8. Posted by cmeponu2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT

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    HUGS where ya been? Jeff Gordon as princess Lea
  9. hugsx5
    9. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Jet..technically it's no longer lurking, if you actually comment...
  10. miss priss
    10. Posted by miss priss Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 pm EDT

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    teeheehee cme - couldn't have picked a better one.
  11. The Thrilla in Vanilla
    11. Posted by The Thrilla in Vanilla Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:01 pm EDT

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    "See, it's funny because Junior ISN'T Anakin, but what if he were? Wouldn't that be cool? And funny? And only a few years out of date? Blogging is awesome!"
    Do you ever wake up, look in the mirror, realize what you do for a living, and just try to kill yourself?
  12. kinggeorge
    12. Posted by kinggeorge Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:51 pm EDT

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    Tony would make a good Chubaka also.
  13. kinggeorge
    13. Posted by kinggeorge Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:51 pm EDT

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    Somebody's jealous.
  14. Reds24
    14. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    Chewbaca KG... get it right... LMAO
    everyone watching Speed? JJ's trying to be funny! And its working!... Carl on his getting married "Yeah, I'm glad I did it...." poor girl!!
  15. Reds24
    15. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    oh my god oh my god oh my god... this is just giving me CHILLS I am soooo excited for Saturday... I hope I dont miss much of the race....
    wait - the chills could be because its flipping colder here than it is there and THEY look cold!
  16. kinggeorge
    16. Posted by kinggeorge Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:51 pm EDT

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    Sorry, I'm not up on my Wookie. (I'm sure that's spelled wrong too) :)
  17. Jay Busbee
    17. Posted by Jay Busbee Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 pm EDT

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    "Do you ever wake up, look in the mirror, realize what you do for a living, and just try to kill yourself?"
    Thrilla, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times ... insulting me is NOT the way to get a job here. Fail.
  18. miss priss
    18. Posted by miss priss Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 pm EDT

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    Somebody is taking up the roll of stupidity.
  19. Reds24
    19. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    lol... I won't look up wookie... I just love teasing you poopiehead
  20. Shawalla
    20. Posted by Shawalla Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:42 pm EDT

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    "dry-firing"? And it rattles on the way out. Right, Jay?
    Mace Windu?
    Lando Calrissian?
    get my drift? What's up NASCAR?
    They all kinda look like Storm Troopers on race day...technicolorful Storm Troopers. Pyooo! Pyooo!
    And Am I miising something. Jeff Gordon/Princess Leia? What went terribly wrong there? Seriously.
  21. cmeponu2
    21. Posted by cmeponu2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT

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    Just trying to kill yourself is a fail too.
    the thrilla in vanilla = spelling fail, oxymoron win
  22. miss priss
    22. Posted by miss priss Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 pm EDT

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    cme - maybe thrilla should be submitted to the fail blog.
  23. RACEFAN
    23. Posted by RACEFAN Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:35 pm EDT

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    Is Bud ever coming back to Dale Jr?
  24. miss priss
    24. Posted by miss priss Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 pm EDT

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    Probably not unless he leaves Hendrick.
  25. Spartacus
    25. Posted by Spartacus Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:43 pm EDT

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    It seems to me that Toyota is the dark side. It starts off everyone wants to use it to gain more power, but then realize that it truely is evil. You have your opposition from the get go, ie the Roush Jedi Warriors led by Morethan Won Carlnobi. You have your sith lords, Waltrip Maul to being with, then Kyle Vader, who started off as a Hendrick desciple before he killed younglings, (I haven't proven it yet, but just wait until I uncover the recordings the empire has hid of his assult on the Jedi Garage.) And finally, the dasing young renegade who drove for money in another series but finally got caught up in the rebellion. One of the best pilots in the universe, Hornish Solo. (O!H! I!O!) Insert random Tony Stewart is hairy joke here, and Helton is a Hut (Pizza), and I think there is only one phraze to describe Daytona next weekend. "You will never find a more wreched hive of scum and villiany."

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