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 Go🐬rdon forget the words, but he also referred to iconic Wrigley Field as 'Wrigley Stadium', which won no friends in the crowd.

"Obviously, 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 th꧅at I called it Wrigley's Stadium.

"I'm obviously not a huge baseball fan and did not want to sing. I wa🦋nted 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 proba🍃bly got more negative attention over that than many things that I've done."

Kurt Busch, who will sing at Wrigley during the seventh-inning stretch Sunday afternoon, says he has found the secret to stay off the 'Worst of Wrigley 𝓰Field' 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," the avid Cubs fan revealed♌.

And ho☂w will Busch prepare for his encore performance on Sunda𒅌y?

"About three Miller Lites, and I should b🔴e ready to go," he🍰 quipped.

by Reid Spencer / Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service