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DIGGER NOT THE MOST ANNOYING ON FOX
Posted by Jeff Wolf
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 at 10:05 PM

I was too harsh this week when I picked on Digger, the cartoon mascot for Fox’s track-level camera.

My newest most annoying personality on Fox’s NASCAR team is Jeff Hammond. I guess he’s a nice guy. He was a great crew chief for Jeff Gordon.

But let’s spell his name HAMmond.

On Thursday afternoon I was at the Ultimate Fighting Championship gym near the Palms in Las Vegas, where Hammond, Kasey Kahne and David Reutimann were working with UFC greats Forrest Griffin and Wanderlei Silva. They were taping staged scenes to be used Sunday during Fox's broadcast of the Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Griffin and Silva are tremendous athletes with a great tolerance for pain as they resisted any urge to throw a rear naked joke on Hammond who — admittedly prodded by Fox producers — kept trying to be the center of attention.

It was just too much. And not very funny. Judge for yourself Sunday.

MAYFIELD JOINS LVRJ.COM

Five-time Cup winner Jeremy Mayfield today filed his first blog for lvrj.com/motorsports. A new one will be posted each day during the weekend. Best of all, he will file regularly throughout the season.

Also check out a video of Mayfield on our Web site. It captures the excitement in his eyes when he talks about being a first-time Cup team owner.

He has qualified for each of this year’s races and can make it 3-for-3 today.

Talk about a feel-good story. He didn’t have race cars a couple weeks before the Daytona 500.

A big toast of All Sport — his sponsor — for helping Mayfield continue to live his dream.

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5 Responses to "DIGGER NOT THE MOST ANNOYING ON FOX"
Sorry, but Jeff Hammond was NEVER a crew chief for Jeff Gordon. Maybe before you rip someone you ought to have a clue as to what you're talking about.
Written by: ZackTP on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 at 10:40 PM -- Report abuse
I do believe hammond was darrel waltrips crew chief, not gordans. but i must say yes the wood chuck is annoying, but the most annoying thing week after week is darrel waltrip. i do like the guy and he was a great driver and he is a very good comentator but can he loose the boogie,boogie crap. that makes me sick to hear that every week.and i have heard the same from other people as well. get a new line will you darrel? if he can't then fox should find one for him. or at the very least fox should cut his mike off at the beginning of the race.
Written by: LARRY on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at 4:21 AM -- Report abuse
I find Darrel Waltrip's Boogity times 3 much more annoying than the silly cartoon character. Chris Myers doesn't do anything for my attention span either. I wish NASCAR would mandate that Dr Jerry Punch be on all broadcasts...at least he asks intelligent questions.
Written by: Old RW on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at 7:50 AM -- Report abuse
I agree that Digger is not the most annoying thing on Fox but I disagree with your choice. As has been said already, Darrel Waltrip is far mor annoying. I've listened to his mouth since he entered NA$CAR racing and I grew sick of it before he won his first race. If we could get rid of him and his little brother, the world would be a better place.
Written by: Ken on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at 10:19 AM -- Report abuse
The first paragraph proves we are wasting our time reading anything you write about NASCAR, any one should know Jeff Hammond NEVER CC'ed for Jeff Goedon
Written by: Don on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at 10:41 AM -- Report abuse
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