Republican vice presidential candidate
Sarah Palin's
first man husband will take his turn on the GOP's swing of NASCAR races with less than three weeks remaining in the presidential election.
The Alaskan governor's husband, Todd Palin, will serve as an "honorary race official" for Sunday's
Sprint Cup race at
Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.
Now I doubt hubby Todd will find himself checking for missing lugnuts or counting the number of crew members over the wall during a pit stop, but I'll imagine he'll get the same treatment GOP presidential candidate John McCain's wife Cindy got a week ago at
Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Cindy McCain served as the "honorary race director" and her duties consisted of shaking hands and addressing the crowd briefly in a non-partisan manner before the race. Nope, Mrs. McCain wasn't responsible for any debris cautions last Saturday night, and that's a good thing unless she wants to be
treated like her husband's running mate.
Regardless, it seems pretty apparent that both the Republican party and both tracks are utilizing the event to garner more voters and fill some empty seats by pandering to race fans who traditionally swing on the side of the political red.
NASCAR might as well just forget to schedule qualifying-day activities after rain knocked out all on-track activity Friday at 
