NASCAR at the White House

Yesterday, President Obama hosted 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and several other drivers and luminaries of the sport at the White House. The event ostensibly was to honor Johnson's championship as well as NASCAR generally, but I think I know what was really going through their minds:

L to R: NASCAR drivers Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart;
President Obama, Jimmie Johnson
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