SPEED to air NASCAR comedy special
04/10/08 Alonzo Bodden, winner of Last Comic Standing 3, will turn the tables on NASCAR with his comedy act at Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s new nightclub, Whisky River, in Charlotte, North Carolina. SPEED will air Bodden’s NASCAR ‘08 All-Star Comedy Special on May 15 at 7:00pm ET as part of the network’s nearly 90 hours of coverage of All-Star Week.
Bodden, a car enthusiast, also has been tabbed as host of SPEED’s new program 101 Cars You Must Drive, premiering in July. It didn’t take him long to find the punch line in the NASCAR world.
“I’m a big black guy from New York and I’ve got to talk about NASCAR," Bodden joked. “I find a lot of humor in the sport, although I’m no NASCAR expert. I know they drive fast and turn left and when they added the right turn at Sonoma last year, the Formula One guy (Juan Pablo Montoya) won, which I thought was funny."