Entering the question ‘What’s Happened To NASCAR’s Good Ole Boy?’ into your favorite search engine could surprise you! Once Darrel Waltrip has utter those famous words ‘lets go racing boys’, he’s so busy apparently he doesn’t have time to air some ‘juicy’ clues about what’s new with the good ole boys.
For starters, this year’s Watkins Glen winner wasn’t even an American. Marcos Ambrose is a down-under driver from Australia, Tasmania to be exact. According to sources, for his third season, Ambrose and his family are now residents of Charlotte, North Carolina. Following the race the Ambrose family flew back to Charlotte so his son could start his very first day of school.
Unless Montoya happens to be your favorite driver, maybe you don’t know his aka is Juan Pablo Montoya or that he’s from Columbia, in South America. According to Montoya, the Sprint Cup races are being broadcast on live TV in Brazil this year.
Rumor has it the good ole boys better watch out in 2012 because a girl’s going to be on the track! Danica Patrick is about to announce being contracted by Stewart-Haas. The ‘Stewart’ in that partnership is none other than the ever-popular Tony Stewart.