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NASCAR NEWS - Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Hair today, gone tomorrow for the frolicking follicles
By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.COM
Some hair-raising wagers are taking place around the NASCAR
garage these days, literally! Bets are being made and high
stakes are on the line, but instead of gambling with money,
NASCAR types are hocking their hair.
What is it about men using hair as a motivational tool?
Some grow it like a Chia Pet, while others cut it clean
as a cue ball all in the name of perceived victory.
For instance:
- In an act of solidarity several New York Mets players
went Britney Spears-bald earlier this season and shaved
their domes...
- The Phoenix Suns forewent comfort on the court and
refused to shave their faces in fear of breaking their
winning streak...
- If Magglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers hits .300,
manager Jim Leyland promises to wash the right fielder's
trademark locks...
- And although Atlanta Falcons quarterback shirked on his
promise, Michael Vick claimed he wouldn't cut his hair
until his team won a Super Bowl.
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NASCAR's Tom Giacchi headed down a similar path and refused
to cut his beard until driver and long-time pal Carl
Edwards won another Nextel Cup race. ...Edwards obliged on
Sunday at Michigan to end a 52-race winless drought.
Motor home driver for the No. 99 team, Giacchi -- who made
the stand last year and said he wouldn't shave until
Edwards won a Cup race -- could be mistaken for a young
Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
In fact, Giacchi's beard had grown so long "creatures" took
up residence within the whiskers. November 2005 at the
Texas had been the last time Edwards visited Victory Lane.
Edwards said at Dover, "We were sitting in the motor home
and Tom looked at me and said, 'I think I got a tic in my
beard.'
"He spread his hair and sure enough it was a tic. I said,
'Dude, you have creatures living in your beard.'"
Giacchi was ready to shave off the beard, but Edwards was
more eager to break his winless streak. "I'll be happy,
Tom will be happy, the only ones unhappy will be the
parasites," Edwards said.
An equally hairy situation developed between Tony Stewart
and Kevin Harvick.
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Before the Daytona 500, Stewart poked fun at Harvick's new
red and yellow Shell-sponsored fire suit by holding up a
photograph of Harvick's face with a Ronald McDonald body.
Harvick retaliated with a challenge and Stewart manned up.
If the fans, or "someone," can raise $100,000 to donate to
the Victory Junction Gang Camp, Smoke has agreed to wax his
barbarian-like back hair.
Dave Moody, MRN Radio motorsports announcer and host of
Sirius Speedway lost his iconic, 30-year-old goatee in the
name of charity after the "Godfather" promised to shave if
listeners pushed donations past the $1 million mark during
the recent NASCAR Day telethon.
Kale Kahne, younger brother of Kasey Kahne, is familiar
with follicle follies. He experienced one in 2005 when his
blonde locks where put on the line if big brother found
Victory Lane.
Kale Kahne had put in some serious effort growing his hair
long; it was just above his broad shoulders.
"That season we were so close to winning, we were second
six times that year. Then everyone was telling me to cut
my hair if he wins," Kahne said. "I said 'if that's what
it takes...' He won in Richmond and I was supposed to cut
it and never did."
How very Michael Vick of you, Kale Kahne.
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Whatever bizarre hair practices the Kahne stable was
practicing in 2006 should be revisited. That was the season
Kasey Kahne visited Victory Lane six times.
Wait, hold the scissors. Didn't Kasey Kahne dye his hair
black before the March race at Bristol? Somebody call Miss
Clairol and get that boy some color!
Since we're on the subject of dye jobs, what about the time
in 1998 when driver Jeremy Mayfield and his former crew on
the No. 12 at Penske Racing South went platinum in hopes of
changing their luck?
"It looked pretty cool for a little while, but man, once it
started to grow out it was just a disaster," Mayfield said.
"We tried to dye it back to my natural color and it just
came out looking orange or red or something so we had to
keep doing stuff to it and then it just burned the hell out
of my head. It was the worst. I don't even remember now if
it changed our luck or not."
Not. And apparently, blondes don't always have more fun.
In 2001, Mayfield was released from Penske after the
September race at Kansas. He signed with Evernham
Motorsports in 2002 only to be released in August '06
in the midst of a lawsuit in which Mayfield accused
Evernham of being an absentee owner. Now Mayfield is
driving a Toyota for Bill Davis Racing.
"I think if my 360 OTC Racing team ever decides to do
anything like that, I'd have to sit it out this time,"
Mayfield added.
Seemingly, there's no explanation or historical reasoning
why men, not women, shave or sheer over placed ventures or
in hopes of victory.
"I have no idea why," Kale Kahne said. "It's something
different to talk about."
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