You'll never see a book titled How To Win Friends and Influence People in Chicago under Jeff Gordon's byline, especially as Chicago Cubs fans still remember - with revulsion - the four-time NASCAR champion's off-key rendition of Take Me out to the Ballgame from May 2005.

Not only did Gordon forget the words, but he als🌼o referཧred to iconic Wrigley Field as 'Wrigley Stadium', which won no friends in the crowd.

"Obviously𝓰, the attention that I got is not the kind that I'd like for the singing," Gordon recalled, "It wasn't even the singing - it's the fact that I called it Wrigley's Stadium.

"I'm ꧅obviously not a huge baseball fan and did not want to sing. I wanted to throw out the [first] pitch but they said, if you do that, you have to sing. So, I agreed to do it. But, yeah, I probably got more negative attention over that than many things that I've done."

Kurt Busch, who will sing at Wrigley during the seventh-inning s𝓰tretch Sunday afternoon, says he has found thꦏe secret to stay off the 'Worst of Wrigley Field' list during a previous appearance.

"I got to sing back in 2004, and my claim to fame is that I didn't make any highlight reels because I did it well enough not to be booed out of there by the loyal Wrigley fans,"ও the avid Cubs fan revealed.

And how w🐓ill Busch prepare for his encꦰore performance on Sunday?

"About three Mille♔r Lites, and I sho💝uld be ready to go," he quipped.

by Reid Spencer / Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service