{"id":4614,"date":"2012-10-26T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T23:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2012-10-27T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:31:43","slug":"matt-kenseth-is-not-a-fan-of-the-martinsville-hot-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2012\/10\/26\/matt-kenseth-is-not-a-fan-of-the-martinsville-hot-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Kenseth is not a fan of the Martinsville hot dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.video.msn.com\/embed\/ddf46ec6-cd0f-8500-e5ff-d1490fc82f0b\/?vars=YnJhbmQ9djUlNUU1NDR4MzA2JmxpbmtiYWNrPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuYmluZy5jb20lMkZ2aWRlb3MlMkZicm93c2UmbWt0PWVuLXVzJmNvbmZpZ05hbWU9c3luZGljYXRpb25wbGF5ZXImZnI9c2hhcmVlbWJlZC1zeW5kaWNhdGlvbiZsaW5rb3ZlcnJpZGUyPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuYmluZy5jb20lMkZ2aWRlb3MlMkZicm93c2UlM0Zta3QlM0Rlbi11cyUyNnZpZCUzRCU3QjAlN0QlMjZmcm9tJTNEJmNvbmZpZ0NzaWQ9TVNOVmlkZW8mc3luZGljYXRpb249dGFn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4617 alignright\" title=\"mattkensthmartinsville\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2012\/10\/mattkensthmartinsville.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2012\/10\/mattkensthmartinsville.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2012\/10\/mattkensthmartinsville-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>Matt Kenseth has been going to Martinsville Speedway for over a decade yet he has never consumed one of the tracks &#8216;legendary&#8217; hot dogs. Appearing on Trackside on SPEED the former Sprint Cup Champion kept that streak alive.<\/p>\n<p>Given the opportunity to eat a Martinsville hot dog Kenseth did not seem interested. After some prodding the 40-year-old took one bite. You probably know what happened next. Almost immediately Kenseth turned around and spit it out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was not good advertising&#8221; Kenseth noted.<\/p>\n<p>The show moved on to questions from twitter. The first question was asking about the best advice you have ever been given. Kenseth wasted no time in replying &#8220;Don&#8217;t eat the Martinsville hot dogs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In case you were wondering what exactly is a Martinsville hot dog. Jay Busbee of Yahoo Sports can answer that question.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/2009\/news\/features\/03\/24\/five.things.martinsville.speedway.hot.dog\/index.html\">ingredients are simple<\/a>: pork, mechanically separated chicken, water, salt, as well as 2 percent or less of corn syrup, extrose, beef, flavorings, potassium lactate, sodium phosphates, sodium diacetate, sodium erythrobate, sodium nitrite and Red 40. Just like Mom used to use. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Above video courtesy of Fox Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Kenseth has been going to Martinsville Speedway for over a decade yet he has never consumed one of the tracks &#8216;legendary&#8217; hot dogs. Appearing on Trackside on SPEED the former Sprint Cup Champion kept that streak alive. Given the opportunity to eat a Martinsville hot dog Kenseth did not seem interested. 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