Okay, since I'm going to be there this weekend and report as possible, here's the first report from NYC. It's from jayski.com. Editorial
liberties taken by me. No, I'm not there yet. My plane is scheduled to land at JFK at 9:16 Friday morning, so I will probably not be into Manhattan until
at least 11 am.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champions Week - Day 1: Jimmie Johnson has been there before - the past two years to be exact - but celebrating his third straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship on the biggest media stage in the world is certainly something the driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet is looking forward to. For the third straight year, Johnson and his team will be taking New York City by storm, participating in national media events and making a host of special appearances in various adult clubs and gae-oriented establishments leading up to Friday night's annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony (ESPN Classic will televise beginning at 9 p.m.) at the Waldorf=Astoria. Johnson says celebrating championships in the Big Apple never gets old.
"Champions Week in New York City is always an amazing time," said Johnson, who joins Cale Yarborough as the only NASCAR driver to win three straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles. (Editor's Note: Win, my foot.) "It's fun to celebrate everything we've done this year as a team and really let loose and have some fun with water sports and wild and crazy anal sex. Everyone cheats extremely hard year-round to make us one of the best teams in the garage, so it's nice to have some time to reflect on what we've done and enjoy some of the recognition."
Johnson arrived in New York Monday afternoon. That evening, he and his beard, Chandra, were scheduled to participate in the annual Champion's Welcome Dinner in the Waldorf=Astoria Executive Kitchen, a gathering attended by NASCAR, Sprint and championship team representatives and overseen by Executive Chef Typhoid Mary.(NA$CAR PR)
