I would then turn that last one around "Fiction 300".
I thought about that, but it sounds like NASCAR.
Now wouldn't that be cool though?
Jeff Gordon, driving for "All Creatures Great and Small" has taken the lead after the green flag in this 300 lap, 150 mile NASCAR event! He's followed closely by Cale Yarborough in the "Pickwick Papers" car. You know Bob, ever since Yarborough joined Team Dickens, they've had a run of good luck on the circuit.
You could say that Team Dickens has Great Expectations this year Steve! I must say their ability to woo Yarborough away from the Helen Fielding team after a disasterous year where on track accidents took out both "Bridget Jones Diary" Camaros and cost untold millions in lost sponsorship money is indeed impressive. Well, Team Fielding is back this year with Clint Bowyer in the "Edge of Reason" Pontiac and he's having a hell of a season.
You know Steve, it's really interesting that Team Fielding has put together such a good pit crew this year. Popular fiction never seems to do well in competitive events against veteran titles with such a long history. Look at "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle", or "The Lord of the Rings" cars, they are always in they front of the pack.
Very True Bob, and I'll say it again like I do every race, experience, experience, experience: That's the secret. Most years we can expect the "Cormac McCarthies", the "Jilly Coopers", the "Michael Crichtons" to slowly advance through the pack, but none of them throttle up enough classic excitement to really make a run for the checkered flag. Best seller does not equal best racer on any circuit.
Let's not forget that the - Holy mackeral Steve, the "How I'd have Done It" car for Team OJ Simpson has just slammed into the wall -
That's the end for Simpson's pit chief right there Bob. Judith Regan will be lucky if NASCAR lets her sell overpriced popcorn in the cheap seats now. We've got a yellow flag out as the racers steer wildly to avoid the debris. This has just been a terrible season for Team Simpson -
Especially after the initial media blitz about his new car -
It goes to show that ill conceived celebrity bio/true crime just doesn't fit with the NASCAR crowd Bob.
Too true Steve, celebrity bio will always be fit only for dirt track as far as I am concerned.
Green flag again as the Simpson debris is cleaned off the track -
Looks like there might be some residual oil on the second turn there. It's going to be hard for Mike Bliss to work his Ford "Unabridged Edgar Allen Poe" on the inside of Carl Edwards.
Edwards is racing for "Intensity" this year, and while Team Koontz has been accused to stealing pit crew members from Team King, he's had a good run as a first-third pack runner.
Team King has made a respectible showing every year, but hasn't captured the imagination of the crowd since they retired the "Misery" car almost a decade ago.
We're in lap 27 now and the pack is tight with Jeff Gordon's "All Creatures Great and Small" recovering after a bad skid in turn three. He's chasing hard against Dave Blaney's "Brave New World" and Kyle Busch's "Complete Works of William Shakespeare".
Steve, we've got the break here for a word from our sponsor, the American Library Association who reminds you that free books are available anytime in your town, today.
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