Via ESPN, a fun little moment at a recent press conference when Carl Edwards is asked a question by Michael Myers, who runs the Queer for Gears website (video below). Myers question (his first ever at a press conference) is innocuous, but Edwards smiles when he hears the name of the website. What attracted ESPN was the affiliation of the questioner.
Myers is a 37-year-old sales manager based out of Las Vegas. Yes, he is gay. Yes, he is a NASCAR fan. And yes, there are more race fans out there just like him. A lot more.
Myers clearly knows his NASCAR and auto racing in general, and his site is a nice mix of features, news and the obligatory hot pictures (see below). It’s cool that he was treated like any other media member and the Earth did not rotate off its axis. Sports like NASCAR are wise to appeal to all segments of their fan base.
Question is asked at the 1:37 mark:
Obligatory hot photo from Queers for Gears:
on Mar 8th, 2010 at 3:50 AM
Congrats Michael and Q4G!!
on Mar 8th, 2010 at 7:28 AM
Good question from Myers. Honest heartfelt answer from Edwards.
Just hope we won’t now have to add “automobiliphia” to the long list of things gays are so frequently accused of (along with pedophilia, necrophilia, bestiality, etc.) for being fans of NASCAR
Just because all men tend to form almost “sexual” attachments to anything they love, doesn’t mean they have sex with it. Folks seem to understand that for straights but not gays.
on Mar 8th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Great job Michael. I am going to check out the Queer for Gear webiste.
on Mar 9th, 2010 at 4:23 PM
I like it! I too am going to check out Queers for Gear website
on Mar 14th, 2010 at 3:36 AM
This is all fine and good, but car racing isn’t a sport.
on Mar 15th, 2010 at 2:43 PM
thanks everyone for the comments…. the ESPN story brought a lot of attention to http://www.Queers4Gears.com I will be covering more live races this season – so stay tuned….
on Jun 16th, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Auto racing is the name of my game. I like to watch auto racing and i’m a muscle car fanatic.;.`
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on Oct 4th, 2011 at 3:10 PM
People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.
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