BULL VERSUS FUNNY CAR
Fri, 2006-10-27 09:31
Eric Medlen, driver of the John Force-owned Castrol SYNTEC Ford Mustang
and PBR Finalist Cord McCoy got together Wednesday at The Strip at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway, each bringing their own talent to the track.
"Las Vegas has always been one of the most exciting cities because you can
go to a drag race, a concert and watch the best bull riding around, all in one
city," Medlen said. "There are so many things that bull riding and drag racing
have in common. We have to build our beast out of steel and put it all together
and then learn how to tame it long enough to make it go down the quarter-mile
track at blazing speeds.
"The cowboys who ride bulls have their beasts to tame and they don't
always want to be tamed. The bulls sometimes want to tame the cowboys. There is
a big adrenaline rush in both sports."
McCoy, qualified for his first PBR event, said there isn't a better place to watch the nitromethane-burning Funny Cars and the 2,000-pound bulls in the same weekend.
"This is such an awesome city and a perfect place to have both of these
events at the same time," McCoy said. "Everyone gets behind both events and it's
exciting to be able to watch two powerful events in one weekend."
While Medlen is competing for his first career NHRA championship with just
two races left this season, McCoy is one of just 45 bull riders qualified for
the season finale event.
What do they have planned in their spare time? A visit to each other's
event, of course.
"I am definitely going to get over to the PBR Finals this weekend," Medlen
said. "It's the premier event for bull riding and I wouldn't want to miss it.
Cord said he's ready for a little drag racing, so we're going to make sure and
get him out here so he can experience horsepower on a completely different
level. It's going to be a great weekend."
So how do the two sports stack up?
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