Hearing Clint talk about going into a Love's and seeing the "Daytona 500 Champion Michael McDowell" stuff everywhere reminds me of when I went into a Love's the week after that race - I think it was the following weekend. I said to the cashier "The Love's car won the Daytona 500! How cool is...
I bought a Radio Shack race scanner in 1997 for about $100 if I recall correctly. Still works like a champ, it's been to 17 races. That was a great decision!
I find the opposite effect - after a few years of doing this, I end up cheering for my pick that week and pretty much don't care about anyone else. Ha
It reminds me of when Terry Labonte was on the Dale Jr download a few years ago and Dale asked him if there was any drivers he rooted for...