Ryan Newman wins the Daytona 500 at thepostgame.com

In the 50th annual running of the “Great American Race”, Ryan Newman snapped an 81-race winless streak to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday.

I’ll be honest, I’ve never been into racing much. I’m not sure how that happened, because I’ve lived in Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida, where every other truck has a racing sticker on the bumper right next to the image of Calvin peeing on the logo of the competing truck brand.

At any rate, I was able to attend last year’s Nextel Cup race in Talladega, and it was pretty freakin’ sweet. We stayed at a friend’s house and got shitfaced fishing on West Point lake on Saturday, then started tailgating around six o’clock on Sunday morning.

I’ve lived in the south my whole life, but even I wasn’t prepared for the sheer redneck-i-ness of the people there. It was awesome. Apparently Jeff Gordon won the race, which I don’t remember much of. I will say the I think every other professional sport should copy NASCAR’s policy of allowing you to bring your own beer into the event. Hell, I’d go watch ice skating or the WNBA if I could bring a case of Coors Light in with me. I’m not sure it would have saved the XFL, but it sure would have made the games a little more interesting.

Back to NASCAR, I think everyone is supposed to despise Jeff Gordon, but I have to admire a guy who hops into bed every night with Ingrid Vandebosch.