
NASCAR champion Sam Hooker's race day spotter is his girlfriend, Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby. A spotter is usually a guy who stands on top of the grandstand with binoculars and a wireless connection to a driver's headgear to keep him out of trouble on the track. In this case, Barney is a girl and she was Hooker's girlfriend until things went south in the romance department after Hooker strayed off course with a waitress. Without his spotter around to keep him in the relationship center lane, he's paying the penalty. Barney still keeps him on track while the race is on, though it's nothing but a cold shoulder when th