A few weeks ago, ol’ Left Turns poked fun at the way Greg Biffle barely sips his pre-interview, product-placement sodie, as much of a NASCAR staple as a driver sayin’ the “Sponsor’s Autocompany’s was pretty good today.” Biffie’s perhaps the worst sodie swigger in NASCAR.

Contrast that to what I just saw on SPEED, Elliott Sadler drinking a Coke Zero like he meant it, and then plugging the product’s sponsorship of the former Pepsi 400, now the Coke Zero 400, tomorrow at Daytona.

Now, that’s bein’ a spokesman!

Biffle aside, Coca Cola has some of the best product-placement sodie drinkers in NASCAR. All time guzzlers Kyle Petty, Tony Stewart and Michael Waltrip are in the Coke-sponsored group of drivers, which also includes: Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, Jamie McMurray, Bobby Labonte, Clint Bowyer, David Ragan and Terry Labonte, who is driving for Petty this week.

By the way, if any of the Coke cats win Saturday, a nation full of sodie drinkers can log into the cokezero.com and get a coupon for a free Coke Zero.

And for equal time, I will say that the lead blue drinker, Jeff Gordon, slugs down  his Pepsi pop like he means it.

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