The first official night of the NASCAR Texas race weekend got kicked off in fine sytle as Jim Beam hosted a local market appearance with Robby Gordon at Buffalo Joe's in Dallas. The Jim Beam team put together a good show with Robby getting up close with some of his fans.
The Jim Beam team had its RV (think macked-out rock n roll tour bus) parked out front of Buffalo Joe's, complete with two NASCAR video games for the would-be racers to test their skills against Robby. Inside Buffalo Joe's the Beam team was giving away hats, shirts and even miniature Jim Beam #7 hoods -- and if you didn't mind waiting a couple minutes, Robby would sign them and ask you to pose for a picture with some of his friends.
After the appearance at Buffalo Joe's, Robby grabbed his sponsors, a couple team members and some of his friends and headed out for dinner. The big surprise was when Robby got behind the wheel of the Jim Beam tour bus. I've yet to meet a race car driver who doesn't want to drive himself, but I think his instincts may have had him hugging the walls of George Bush Tollway a bit too close, though! You can imagine the look on the faces of the valets when we rolled up ... I don't think they really knew what to do with us.
Today is more practice time. Robby likes his car, and thinks yesterdaya's qualifying isn't indicative of the car's capabilities. Let's hope he and the team can work out some of the kinks in today's practice rounds.
Tonight Robby and team are going to catch the Dallas Stars game and then call it an evening to get ready for the show tomorrow.
I'll try to post some videos and pictures of today's activities a bit later. And you can follow me on Twitter @mojomorris.
All for now ...
Mojo
The Jim Beam team had its RV (think macked-out rock n roll tour bus) parked out front of Buffalo Joe's, complete with two NASCAR video games for the would-be racers to test their skills against Robby. Inside Buffalo Joe's the Beam team was giving away hats, shirts and even miniature Jim Beam #7 hoods -- and if you didn't mind waiting a couple minutes, Robby would sign them and ask you to pose for a picture with some of his friends.
After the appearance at Buffalo Joe's, Robby grabbed his sponsors, a couple team members and some of his friends and headed out for dinner. The big surprise was when Robby got behind the wheel of the Jim Beam tour bus. I've yet to meet a race car driver who doesn't want to drive himself, but I think his instincts may have had him hugging the walls of George Bush Tollway a bit too close, though! You can imagine the look on the faces of the valets when we rolled up ... I don't think they really knew what to do with us.
Today is more practice time. Robby likes his car, and thinks yesterdaya's qualifying isn't indicative of the car's capabilities. Let's hope he and the team can work out some of the kinks in today's practice rounds.
Tonight Robby and team are going to catch the Dallas Stars game and then call it an evening to get ready for the show tomorrow.
I'll try to post some videos and pictures of today's activities a bit later. And you can follow me on Twitter @mojomorris.
All for now ...
Mojo
