Kevin McHarvick Part II

So I log into Statcounter today to check on what is normally the slow trickle of visitors. Traffic has picked up some since I blogged about my brief and anonymous brush with greatness over PhotoShopping Kevin Harvick's head onto a picture of Ronald McDonald. What I did NOT expect was a crap load of hits, about 90 to be exact. Granted those kinds of numbers won't pay the bills, but it normally takes a couple of weeks to have that many visitors.

Turns out that there is some fresh buzz over the picture. As you recall Tony Stewart showed the picture to a national TV audience during Daytona 500 pre-race interviews. Well Kevin decided to have a little fun with this and raise some money for a good cause. Here it is in his own words from KevinHarvick.com.

During the Daytona 500 pre-race show, Tony Stewart held up a photograph of Ronald McDonald that had been altered so it appeared that Kevin Harvick was wearing Ronald's suit.

Now, those of you who are familiar with Kevin know that he does not let a practical joke go unanswered. So here is Kevin's retort:

Kevin's new colors may indeed be similar to those of Ronald McDonald, but have you seen Tony Stewart's chest and back? Because Tony is such a great guy, he has offered up a solution to his follicle issues.

Tony said on his SIRIUS satellite radio show, Tony Stewart Live, that if someone would raise $100,000 for charity, he would wax his chest and back. Who are we to pass up an offer like that? Call it "revenge for the Ronald McDonald photo," call it a great opportunity to raise money for Victory Junction Gang Camp or just call it plain funny. (Think Tony will scream like a girl when they rip all that hair out?)

Visit Happy's eSHOP and make your donation. You can donate in increments of $1.00, $5.00, $10.00, $25.00, $50.00 and $100.00. Every penny collected in "Operation: Wax Smoke" will be donated to Victory Junction Gang Camp. We will be accepting donations until we reach our goal.

Tell all your friends, and tell their friends to tell their friends. $100,000 to get us to put Tony Stewart in a salon chair, cover his chest and back with hot wax, place wax strips on it and rrrrip the hairs right out. Good times!

Once we reach our $100,000 goal, and Tony is ready to go under the wax, we’ll give you all the details of when and where it is happening.

Most of the hits came from this post on the Harvick Online message boards.

I think it's great that what started as a joke to be shared among friends has actually prompted a fresh movement to get much needed donations to an extremely worthy cause. So whatever you do, donate, here's the link to Operation: Wax Smoke at Happy's eSHOP.