TUESDAY CAT COUNTRY COMMENTARY

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

TODAY, WE PROMISE TO BE FAR MORE POSITIVE.

NOT EVERYTHING IN SPORTS SUCKS RIGHT NOW. YOU JUST HAVE TO SEARCH REAL HARD TO FIND IT.

THE WEEKEND’S NASCAR EVENT AT TALLADEGA CONCLUDED MONDAY AFTER A RAIN DELAY AND BY NOW YOU MUST’VE SEEN WHAT WENT ON. EVERY SINGLE DRIVER IN THE RACE RALLIED BEHIND THE SPORTS’ ONLY BLACK DRIVER – BUBBA WALLACE – WHO DISCOVERED A NOOSE IN HIS GARAGE SUNDAY MORNING.

BUBBA FINISHED 14^TH, BUT TOOK HIS MASK OFF FOR POST-RACE INTERVIEWS AND SAID IT’S TO SHOW THE PERPETRATORS THAT THEY CAN’T TAKE HIS SMILE AWAY.

SIMPLY AMAZING STUFF.

BUT ALONG THAT VEIN, I WAS DISCUSSING THIS STORY ON THE ROD PEDERSEN SHOW AND HOW MUCH I’VE GOTTEN INTO NASCAR DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT’S ONE OF FEW SPORTS THAT’S BEEN ABLE TO RESTART DESPITE CORONAVIRUS AND I MUST SAY, I LOVE IT.

WHERE’S NASCAR BEEN ALL MY LIFE?

TURNS OUT OFFICIALS FROM KING’S PARK SPEEDWAY WERE WATCHING AND THEY EXTENDED INVITATIONS TO MY GUEST PAT FIACCO AND ME OUT TO DROP THE GREEN FLAG ON THEIR OPENING WEEKEND JULY 18^TH AND 19^TH.

FIACCO IS THE FORMER MAYOR OF REGINA OF COURSE, AND NOT SURPRISINGLY, HE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THE RACES, AS DID I.

SO … IT PUT A SMILE ON OUR FACES. AND OTHER FACES TOO. AND ALL IT TOOK WAS BEING VISIBLE, AVAILABLE, AND FINDING A CREATIVE WAY TO GET AROUND COVID.

GOD BLESS AUTO RACING!

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.