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By Steve McCormick, About.com Guide to NASCAR Racing since 1997

2008 Sprint Cup Banquet Shows Progress

Saturday December 6, 2008
The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup awards banquet was held on Friday night. NASCAR's top drivers gathered in New York City to honor Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team on their third consecutive Sprint Cup Championship.

This year's banquet was an improvement over previous events. Overall I liked the show. However there are still some things that I would like to change. What did you think of the 2008 banquet?

Comments

December 6, 2008 at 11:23 am
(1) green eyes says:

i didnt like cosner

December 6, 2008 at 2:49 pm
(2) FRED says:

HOW CAN THE BIG THREE BACK NASCAR.I DO NOT WANT MY TAX DOLLARS GOING TO NASCAR TEAMS

December 6, 2008 at 9:57 pm
(3) Todd says:

I think you need a new hobby, Fred. You could start by going hunting, say, like for your caps lock key.

In any event, Costner was horrible (except for his story about Richard Petty riding in the passenger seat) but the female voice over announcer has simply got to go. She was worse this year than last (is it Krista Voda? I’m not sure).

December 8, 2008 at 11:07 am
(4) fred says:

forgive me todd i will 86 in to weeks just got this new toy wiii try to do better

fred

December 11, 2008 at 2:06 pm
(5) arden says:

The female announcer was terrible. The comedian wasn’t good either, or the band. Couldn’t Nascar hire a comedian like Ellen DeGeneres, at least she can make someone laugh. Hire a Country & Western band, Nascar was from the South.

December 11, 2008 at 2:42 pm
(6) BadBob says:

The female announcer was trying to sound sexy, but she sounded like she was in pain. Didn’t see the point of Kevin Costner being there. The comedian was not good and the program director needs some direction. I can see why the major tv networks didn’t want to have the banquet on their channels. This was the worst, too stiff, no personality at all.

December 11, 2008 at 9:34 pm
(7) karen says:

didn’t like the adwards this year. the voice over was bad, the comic was alful, I didn’t find him funny at all. what happened with telling what the winings for the top drivers were? I only heard the number one driver being given. If this doesn’t get better next year I won’t waste my time watching it.

January 14, 2009 at 10:11 pm
(8) Stan says:

Does any one know where i can find a copy of the show. I was supposed to record it for my father in law, and I forgot.

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