It’s not often that I feel gratitude towards Dubya; as a matter of fact, it’s a safe bet this is a first. But I’ve been struggling with wrapping up my racing chapter, and he’s given me the perfect kicker in the form of his appeal to “NASCAR dads” at the Daytona 500 on Sunday. It never fails –NASCAR keeps trying to revamp its image and take on the mantle of “America’s sport,” but if you checked out the papers on Monday, all the pictures were the same – shirtless, beer-swilling rednecks! Yeeeee-ha! And the funniest part is, some of these guys are actually pissed at the Prez over all those pesky disappearing jobs in this country. Hope springs eternal.