Gentlemen, Start Your Chickens!

PETA is always good for a laugh:

TALLADEGA - The Talladega Superspeedway is going ahead with plans for a fast-food promotion at this weekend's race despite complaints by an animal rights group.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked Guinness World Records to ignore an attempt to set a world record for the largest group chicken dance at Talladega, site of the Aaron's 499 race on Sunday.

PETA says the sponsor of the event, KFC, mistreats chickens.

Actually they kill and fry chickens, and very well, thank you very much.

The people who drive 190 mph 3-wide, 14 rows deep and inches apart are not intimidated by a bunch of chicken-huggers:

But track spokeswoman Kristi King says the world record attempt has been planned for awhile. And she said track officials plan to go ahead with the promotion.

Let the dance begin!