Report: Obama goes NASCAR!

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By Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Word out of Sports Illustrated is that Barack Obama’s campaign will sponsor a car in the Pocono Sprint Cup race Aug. 3. In what is expected to be one-race deal — similar to hood-sponsor promotions for movies and TV shows — the No. 49 BAM Racing Toyota, with Ken Schrader at the wheel, will fly the Obama livery. Jeez. BAM Racing, Ken Schrader? I mean, hope is a wonderful thing, but Schrader doesn’t have a prayer.

BAM is a low-buck, periodically unsponsored team, and the fact that team owners Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau — described as staunch Republicans — consented to this deal is a sign of how very, um, flexible convictions can be when it comes to money and racing.

What would Wendell Scott think? Who? Exactly.

Read Andrew Malcolm’s post on our blog sibling Top of the Ticket: Barack Obama to Suddenly Care About NASCAR