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Celebrating the 55th birthday of this...

"Happy Birthday," even Stevie Wonder's version, seemed a little too tired for this..., so instead tgom offers you the last ride with the legend of this...

"The Last Ride (Daytona Bound)" ~ Tony Martin
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Also celebrating birthdays today: Alexandria Fennig, daughter of NASCAR Nextel Cup crew chief Jimmy Fennig, and Angie Skinner, wife of NCTS driver Mike Skinner.  Check out the tallglassofmilk's NASCAR Calendar for more birthdays and important dates.

Evernham/Crocker: Cause or effect of this...?

Q. "ray evernham" separated wife mary
A. Yes. NASCAR team owner Ray Evernham confirmed last month that he and his wife Mary of 19 years "decided to go and lead separate lives last year, before the end of last season."  Divorce papers were filed earlier this month.

Q. ray evernham erin crocker dating
A. Texas Blind Item revealed: TGOM can confirm that the Evernham Motorsports owner and his female driver Erin Crocker have an intimate relationship beyond that of owner/driver.  Their relationship evolved late last season and they "came out" this year in Texas.

The little surfer blogs this...

Q. Bruna, the Little Surfer girl blog
A. O diário de Bruna Surfistinha
**Advisory: link may contain adult material**

Why the interest in this...?

Memoirs of a Brazilian reveal country's inhibitions

IHT - She goes by the name Bruna, the Little Surfer Girl, and gives new meaning to the phrase "kiss and tell." First in a blog that quickly became the country's most popular and now in a best-selling memoir, she has titillated Brazilians and become a national celebrity with her graphic, day-by-day accounts of life as a call girl here.

But it is not just her canny use of the Internet that has made Bruna, whose real name is Raquel Pacheco, a cultural phenomenon. By going public with her exploits, she has also upended convention and set off a vigorous debate about sexual values and practices, revealing a country that is not always as uninhibited as the world often assumes. [cont.]

JR adding a second team for this...

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorports plans to expand to a two-car effort in the NASCAR Busch Series full-time in 2007, starting later this season with driver Shane Huffman.  Huffman drives for JRM in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series and is currently 2nd in the Southern Division points standings.

FHM names the sexiest women in this...

The votes are in for FHM Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World and NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Carl Edwards' girlfriend, Amanda Beard, landed at #92 on the list--a 13 spot drop from last year.  The 2004 Olympic swimmer is a former FHM cover girl.

IRL driver Dario Franchetti's wife, Ashley Judd, who's been absent from the list since 2004, returns at #77 and IRL driver Danica Patrick enters the list for the first time at #42.

Also of interest to readers of Answer this... new mother Katie Holmes, who appears on the list at #90 and sportscaster Leeann Tweeden at #47:

View the complete list at FHM.com.

More pics: Amanda, Leeann