Nascar, as Jesus would have wanted it. 2009-06-11 18:22:37 Wacky News - blog profile


In the small town Gubbio, Italy, but you can forget Jeff Gordon or Kimi Raikkonen. In Gubbio it's all about St. Ubaldo, the patron Saint of the town (the guy with the golden superman cape), who has been the reigning champion of the annual Saint race for over 850 years. Beat that Jeff.

The race is held as a part of a celebration called "Fiesta de Ceri". The race commemorates an event in the town's history, where the Saint was carried on a platform announcing the town was safe from Northern invaders - Nascar fans?

Perhaps we should follow our European ancestors and have traditions that honor our heroes here in America; head shaving contests to remember the patron Saint of Pop Brittney Spears, and Adoption contests to honor the patron Saint of fertility Nadya Suleman (Octomom).

Who knows maybe our great-great grandchildren will be standing in Times Square waiting for the start of the 200th Couch Jumping Ceremony commemorating Tom Cruise.