We're in the quarterfinals of The Greatest Driver That Never Was tournament. Click here to see how the first round shook out -- almost all blowouts. The Ricky Bobby / Cole Trickle matchup is still live, and so's the Bo Duke / Stroker Ace tilt. Now, it's cartoon hour ...
This one was a bit of a surprise to me, since both competitors defeated "real" drivers. Speed Racer wiped the floor with Death Race's Frankenstein, probably because almost nobody remembers that flick. (Then again, Speed Racer's 40-plus himself.) Lightning McQueen struck a blow for the forces of good when he outran The Fast And The Furious's Dominic Torretto. But now these two cartoon legends square off, and the credits will roll for one of them. Get your cereal bowls ready, and vote!
__________________ Auto racing, bull fighting and mountain climbing are the only real sports... the rest are just games........ Earnest Hemmingway
Monday, Apr 28, 2008 4:21 pm EDT
TGDTNW, Rd. 2: Stroker Ace vs. Bo Duke
By Jay Busbee
We're in the quarterfinals of The Greatest Driver That Never Was tournament. Click here to see how the first round shook out -- almost all blowouts. The Ricky Bobby / Cole Trickle matchup is still live, and now it's on to a showdown of good ol' boys ...
Atlanta Division Final: Stroker Ace (Stroker Ace) vs. Bo Duke (The Dukes of Hazzard)
Shoot, this here's almost like family racing. The South rolled in the first round, with Bo Duke blowing away Jason Bourne and Stroker Ace scoring the tightest win of the round over Mad Max. Alas, one of these boys is gonna have to go home a loser. Who's it gonna be?
__________________ Auto racing, bull fighting and mountain climbing are the only real sports... the rest are just games........ Earnest Hemmingway
Friday, Apr 25, 2008 12:02 pm EDT
TGDTNW, Rd. 2: Ricky Bobby vs. Cole Trickle
By Jay Busbee
We're in the quarterfinals of The Greatest Driver That Never Was tournament. Click here to see how the first round shook out -- almost all blowouts. Now, it gets hairy ...
Talladega Division Final: Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights) vs. Cole Trickle (Days of Thunder)
Now THIS is a matchup! I gotta tell you, I picked every single one of the first-rounders except the Stroker/Max battle, but this one's got me stumped. You've got a couple psychopaths behind the wheel who'd rather die than finish second. In the first round, Ricky Bobby obliterated the Transporter while Cole Trickle completely dusted Stuntman Mike.
So how's it gonna shake out? And will the winner kiss the loser on the lips? Vote, and make your case for your guy in the comments section!
__________________ Auto racing, bull fighting and mountain climbing are the only real sports... the rest are just games........ Earnest Hemmingway
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We had more than 15,000 votes in the first round of The Greatest Driver That Never Was tournament, and Round 2 kicks off tomorrow with a serious Ricky Bobby-Cole Trickle showdown. But what about the folks who didn't make the cut? We could have had an entire bracket based just on those drivers who were good but not good enough to make our tourney. Let's run 'em down:
Going clockwise from top left: Cal Naughton Jr. once again finished second to Ricky Bobby, poor bastard. There's The Driver from the late, lamented BMW Films; check him out on YouTube. Elvis in "Speedway" and "Spinout" -- love ya, E, but the less said about those films, the better. Tron -- we hit our geek quotient with Anakin Skywalker, plus nobody under 35 knows who Tron is.
Steve McQueen's Bullitt was the last man dropped, but we ultimately decided the greatest car chase scene in movie history wasn't enough to get him in. Ditto Elwood Blues, who may have built up a pile of Illinois' finest high enough to reach the El train, but his mission from God didn't include this tournament. Robert Mitchum's Doolin from "Thunder Road" was another possibility, seeing as how his bootlegging story paralleled that of early NASCAR, but we decided he'd be a first-round blowout, since few people have seen the flick. And finally, Speed Buggy ... with two cartoons already in the tournament, we were in danger of turning this into Saturday morning.
Anybody else you think deserved consideration? Come on back tomorrow as we continue the battle!
__________________ Auto racing, bull fighting and mountain climbing are the only real sports... the rest are just games........ Earnest Hemmingway
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