Meanwhile, the McCain campaign made fun of Obama's energy proposal Monday by distributing tire pressuregauges reading "Obama's energy plan" to McCain's traveling press corps.
The new console looks like it has been constructed from items out of a junk shop, including an old typewriter, a telephone, pressuregauges and a Morse code machine.
"When you take off from Daytona until May, there's so many things you need to orientate yourself with something as simple as just being able to see the water temperature and water pressuregauges in your peripheral without having to pay attention to them, understanding how the cars move when other cars come around you, " Waltrip said.