Waltrip's New Sponsor

[Thedraftracing]

See, Michael wasn't cheating, he was just supporting his new sponsor, Sterno!

[AU N EGL]

[jslone]

Heh.I like it

[Dudley]

Please translate

[chemhead1]

Originally Posted by Dudley

Please translate

Okay, well, if you haven't already heard, after qualifying for the Daytona 500's twin Qualifying races, Michael Waltrip's car failed post-qualifying inspections. All NASCAR will report (their policy, like their Driver Anti-Substance Abuse policy, is kept private) is that there was an "illegal substance" in the fuel. Early reports say that it was something similar, but not necessarily Jet Fuel.

Other reports say it was actually Sterno.

Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterno

Sterno® Canned Heat™ is a fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol. It is designed to be burned directly from its can. Its primary use is in the food service industry for buffet heating. Other uses are for camp stoves and as an emergency heat source.

So it's a little jab at his whole thing. It's like if someone said the BMW Sauber F1 team had "Tower Records" as it's new sponsor (which would be taking a jab at their experimental "twin tower" winglets they had during practice at the '06 French GP).

Sorry if I ruined the joke for anybody else.

[StuiE]

thanks for the expanation chemhead, I didn't understand it either, as I'd never heard of Sterno



anyway,

[chemhead1]

Originally Posted by StuiE

thanks for the expanation chemhead, I didn't understand it either, as I'd never heard of Sterno

You and I were on the same boat until about, say, 14 hours ago when I heard what it was. I only heard "jet fuel", but I never realized that there was rumors of Sterno being used instead!