{"id":15736,"date":"2018-04-02T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=15736"},"modified":"2018-04-02T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:35:59","slug":"king-of-coney-island-george-shea-revved-up-for-sundays-oreilly-auto-parts-500-nascar-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/02\/king-of-coney-island-george-shea-revved-up-for-sundays-oreilly-auto-parts-500-nascar-race\/","title":{"rendered":"King of Coney Island George Shea revved up for Sunday\u2019s O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts 500 NASCAR race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway Media Relations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 <strong>George Shea<\/strong>, the colorful emcee of the <strong>Nathan&#8217;s Hot Dog Eating Contest<\/strong> held annually on the Fourth of July at Coney Island, rattles off an endless stream of adjectives and clich\u00e9s at break-neck speed because he too is pumped up for Sunday&#8217;s <strong>O&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts 500<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascar.com\">Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> race at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasmotorspeedway.com\">Texas Motor Speedway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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