Kyle Busch, David Ragan, and Bobby Labonte Are All Twitter-Pated

C Wilson by Contributor Written on March 31, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS - JULY 28: Kyle Busch, driver of the #5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet, looks at his cellphone on pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 28, 2007 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Bobby Labonte is celebrating his 18th anniversary, is a fan of the television show “24,” and just got a new F-150.

 

No, I didn’t have an exclusive interview with him—I follow him on Twitter.

 

I was skeptical about joining Twitter. I mean, who cares what I’m doing? I think my life is great, but it’s definitely not going to be made into a movie any time soon. 

 

I signed up because all the cool kids are doing it, it’s free, and I thought it might be fun to see what other people tweet (twit?).

 

Then I saw Kara Martin’s article about NASCAR Twitter, with a list of Twitter-ers (Twats?). Now this is fun.

 

From today (Mar. 31):

Bobby_Labonte:  “Been married to Donna for 18 yrs Sunday. Went out for dinner last night and then watched 24. Feels like we just got married. I got a good 1.”

 

Bobby_Labonte:  “Got me a new truck today. King Ranch F-150. Big boy truck!”

 

Those comments about his wife are really sweet, I have to say. He also gave a link to a picture of his truck.

 

In the back of my mind, more skepticism: Is it really him, or someone pretending to be him? I don’t know, but I believe it is Bobby. I have no scientific evidence to back that up, it’s just a gut feeling from following so far. Try it and judge for yourself.

 

I really do believe that Max Papis is the real deal, mainly because he occasionally Twitters in Italian.

 

From today (Mar. 31):

maxpapis:  “Amici twitter in italia dove posso trovare un cd di canzoni per bambini in italiano per download ?looking for an italian kids cd to download”

 

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