Allowing drivers to speak as they were introduced to the crowd completely shook up the Gluckometer noise ratings this week, knocking Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of the top 10 and boosting names like Jeff Green and Todd Bodine into the top 15.
Brad Keselowski's "Kyle Busch is an ass!" comment recorded the loudest-ever crowd reaction since we started using the decibel meter to measure noise.
Below we have listed the quote or song which drew the loudest reactions for each driver. Some of them (Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr.) got the loudest reactions when they first walked through the curtain, not based on anything they said.
| Driver | dB | Type of Noise | Quote/Song | |||
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 104.2 | Cheers | "Kyle Busch is an ass!" | ||
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 94.3 | Boos | "Aw, y'all are SO loving." | ||
| 3 | Tony Stewart | 90.3 | Cheers | "…I want to see a hell of a wreck." | ||
| 4 | AJ Allmendinger | 89.1 | Cheers | "Hope I'm in front of Brad and Kyle when this all goes down." | ||
| 5 | Jeff Gordon | 87.7 | Boos | "I'm Jeff Gordon…" | ||
| 6 | Mark Martin | 87.4 | Cheers | "Let's have a ball tonight!" | ||
| 7 | Kevin Harvick | 86.9 | Cheers | "Like he said, drink beer!" | ||
| 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 86.8 | Boos | "I'm Jimmie Johnson…" | ||
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | 86.3 | Cheers | Song: "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer" | ||
| 10 | Carl Edwards | 86.2 | Mixed | Song: "Why Can't We Be Friends?" | ||
| 11 | Elliott Sadler | 85.6 | Cheers | "Wooooooo!" (like Ric Flair) | ||
| 12 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 84.9 | Cheers | "I'm Dale Earnhardt Jr. …" | ||
| 13 | Jeff Green | 84.5 | Cheers | Song: "Sweet Home Alabama" | ||
| 14 | Regan Smith | 83.8 | Cheers | "Hope you drink a lot of beer!" | ||
| 15 | Todd Bodine | 83.6 | Laughter | Song: Three Stooges theme song |
Below: A young fan from Bristol holds a sign after Kyle Busch's victory. (Getty Images)
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And the trophy goes to Brad, and that poor misguided child has no idea she is holding a sign for an ass.
by factfinder on Aug 24, 2010 10:43 AM EDT reply actions
Congrats Brad - you won the Gluck-o-meter
In other news, Kyle won all 3 races!!!! (I’m humming the McDonalds commercial – I’m loving it)
by kwms on Aug 24, 2010 11:06 AM EDT reply actions
Loved the intros
From my point of view (on pit road) the reaction to Brad was more of shock, lots of OMG! & laughter (at him not w/him).
LOVE the pic of the little girl, I took a pic of her too. Gave her a high-five. She was adorable.. And at the end of the race her sign summed up Kyle’s weekend.
by DollG19 on Aug 24, 2010 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
Jr.'s song...?
Does anyone know what song Jr. picked to be introduced….?
by 1123marybeth on Aug 24, 2010 8:14 PM EDT reply actions
Junior’s song was “Fire on the Mountain” by the Marshall Tucker Band." And from where I was on the frontstretch of the track, when Brad made his comment, it sounded like everyone in the stands at Bristol started clapping. It was that loud!
by BecBeat555 on Aug 24, 2010 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
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