OT Restricter Plate Racing

Jul 02, 2006 20 Replies

series of races,

"box-stock" cars.

cars would have

be done; roll

should be as close

you and I can

the older iron

You could be right, Bob.

I don't feel a compulsion to buy an elephant after I go to the circus.

And NASCAR as it stands now is very much a circus, in the Roman sense of the word, which meant a race around a circular track.

No question it's competitive, and that the drivers are top-notch. It's just that they are driving formula cars that are totally removed from anything you and I can buy. I don't watch Formula 1, or Indy car racing either with any degree of regularity, because I just can't relate to the iron.

NASCAR has gotten away from its roots; turned into a giant entertainment conglomerate, instead of a venue where owner-builders raced their 'shine haulers.

Gord Richmond

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