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(5) THE OVAL OFFICE

Bush turns left ... and that's all right

NASCAP, dads were supposed to decide this presidential election, but they've been run over by security morns, who think they're so tough with their "concern" about "kids" and the "future" Well, those security morns don't have 3,400-pound metal-chariot billboards on which to lout their favorite candidate. At least I don't think minivans weigh 3,400 pounds. And even if they do, they're not in Nextel Cup races, like Kirk Shelmerdine's No. 72 Ford Taurus, which lists "Vote for Bush" as its main sponsor.

Shelmerdine first raced the Bush car at New Hampshire on September 19. "There was talk of him maybe showing up there, so we put it on there for fun," says Shelmerdine, who is a driver now but is the legendary former crew chief of Dale Earnhardt. "We got so much response and comments and all that we decided to keep it on through the election."

Which is presumably just fine with W. His campaign did not return phone messages, nor has it contacted Shelmerdine. "I'm not even sure they are aware of it," he says. "We've been thinking of sending some pictures somewhere."--M.C.

Reports we couldn't confirm

* That John Kerry wanted to sponsor a car at a road course so he could turn every which way.

* That Bush would have driven the No. 72 car himself, but that's hard work--plus Dick Cheney wouldn't let him.

* That John Edwards would sponsor a car as soon as he's old enough to get his driver's license.

* That Cheney would sponsor a car at a race to be held at an undisclosed location.--M.C.

(6) ICE TRY

Chelios hits the brakes

NHL defenseman Chris Chelios is no fan of commissioner Gary Bettman. "He doesn't have a feel for the game," the 21-year veteran told James Brown on Sporting News Radio. "I don't think he does anything to help the game, to market it."

With Bettman shutting down the league--again--Chelios isn't sitting idly. With an eye toward the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Chelios wants to become a bobsledding brakeman--for Greece. Last week, he took a few runs with the U.S. team.

"He took to it quite well," says U.S. bobsledder Jean Racine, who was one of two drivers who took Chelios down the Lake Placid, N.Y., course.

Racine says Chelios (left in picture) could be good enough to brake for Greece, not exactly a bobsledding powerhouse, but he'd probably g need to bulk up first. On the first run, Racine g says Chelios seemed "freaked out" by not being able to see where he was going and by the force and violence inside the sled. On his third and final run, though, the original shock and fear were gone.

Now he knows what he's in for and is ready to start training. Why not? He's got nothing else to do.--Kara Yorio

(7) FAR-FROM-FREE AGENTS

A one-man superpower

When Scott Boras landed a record $252 million contract for Alex Rodriguez in 2000, he wasn't the only major power broker among agents, left Moorad obtained a $160 million deal for Manny Ramirez that same offseason, and Mark Rodgers secured a $121 million package for Mike Hampton.