"Hi, I'm Waaaaauuudd, this is my MBNA Caaaauuuuhh!"..I used to just love hearing him interviewed in that Virginia twang..Foghorn Leghorn!
Just picking, as Fish said two seemingly really good guys, as one of my buddies had a few beers with Jeff Burton in a posh H-town strip club a few years back, and said Jeff insisted on picking up the tab.
Just picking, as Fish said two seemingly really good guys, as one of my buddies had a few beers with Jeff Burton in a posh H-town strip club a few years back, and said Jeff insisted on picking up the tab.
Ward Burton learned the hard way, and now he's offering his fans a bit of advice: Don't drive drowsy.
The NASCAR Nextel Cup star fell asleep at the wheel of his Chevrolet Suburban while driving along a North Carolina highway. The sport utility vehicle swerved off the road at about 60 mph, hit a guardrail, flipped several times, then went down an embankment.
The accident last Monday left Burton with a bruise on his face from the air bag -- and a bit embarrassed.
"A couple of miles before I crashed, I had a couple of warnings that I was sleepy, but I kept driving," Burton said in a message to his fans on his Web site. "As soon as the vehicle came to a stop from the wreck, I felt very guilty and irresponsible, thinking about what I had done and what I had put my family through.
"If nothing else, I hope you will learn from me and stop for a cup of coffee or a walk when you feel sleepy driving. I had the warning and didn't pay attention, and am just lucky that I'm OK."
Burton said it took a while for anyone to stop to help and he called his wife, Tabitha, to come get him.
"While I was waiting for the emergency vehicles, I started cleaning up the debris from where I had hit the guardrail so that it wouldn't cause somebody else to wreck," Burton said.
Just to be sure there were no other injuries, Burton stopped at a hospital where he was examined and released.
Burton plans to race Sunday in Martinsville, Va.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The NASCAR Nextel Cup star fell asleep at the wheel of his Chevrolet Suburban while driving along a North Carolina highway. The sport utility vehicle swerved off the road at about 60 mph, hit a guardrail, flipped several times, then went down an embankment.
The accident last Monday left Burton with a bruise on his face from the air bag -- and a bit embarrassed.
"A couple of miles before I crashed, I had a couple of warnings that I was sleepy, but I kept driving," Burton said in a message to his fans on his Web site. "As soon as the vehicle came to a stop from the wreck, I felt very guilty and irresponsible, thinking about what I had done and what I had put my family through.
"If nothing else, I hope you will learn from me and stop for a cup of coffee or a walk when you feel sleepy driving. I had the warning and didn't pay attention, and am just lucky that I'm OK."
Burton said it took a while for anyone to stop to help and he called his wife, Tabitha, to come get him.
"While I was waiting for the emergency vehicles, I started cleaning up the debris from where I had hit the guardrail so that it wouldn't cause somebody else to wreck," Burton said.
Just to be sure there were no other injuries, Burton stopped at a hospital where he was examined and released.
Burton plans to race Sunday in Martinsville, Va.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
