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04/17/2007: "The Only Race That Mattered"
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There was a ChampCar race this weekend at Long Beach, but open wheel racing in America is so fractured and meaningless that I don't know if anyone watched - I know I didn't. But there was one race worth watching, and that's the one I'm reporting on.
Last week's Eye Candy was "racer" Emily Proctor. While defending her honor, or at least that of her face, I mentioned that I would provide an update on how she did in the race. One of our commenters also asked if actress Kelly Hu wasn't in that same race, so I'm using this one post to knock out both tasks.
As you can see, Kelly was in fact also a participant in the celebrity race - here she is in her car, suited up and ready to go. You can see the pressure is really getting to her ... 
. Neither she nor Emily were expected to be much of a factor in the race, and just getting to the end with a car relatively entact was a worthy goal. As it happened, they ended up being each other's main rival, and they crossed the finish line in a near dead heat. Emily placed eighth, 51.431 seconds behind the winner, X-Games hero Dave Mirra. Right on her tail was Kelly, who finished only a fifth of a second behind her!
Both girls were involved in one of the few wrecks in the race. Emily was trying to pass Star Wars creator George Lucas, who had just passed both girls, when the two cars collided, forcing Lucas' car into the wall. You don't mess with Emilicious ... 
Oh, and for those who might be interested, Sebastien Bourdais won the big race for the third year in a row ... 
