Mike Allen of the Washington Post followed Bill Frist during a weekend stop to NASCAR racing in North Carolina. Allen notes:

“During a two-day stay, he attended the drivers' meeting, worshipped at the chapel service that followed, quizzed crew chiefs about the science of tire pressure as he sauntered down pit road and watched a Charlie Daniels concert. With his wife, Karyn, he rode in a Corvette convertible in a pre-race parade.”

However, Allen finds that not many drivers or fans seemed to be aware of Frist or his possible presidential run:

“Frist's appearance in the media center drew roughly one-twentieth the cameras that had captured ‘American Idol’ host Ryan Seacrest battling NASCAR driver Greg Biffle on a racing simulator 20 minutes earlier.”