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SunnyHours
  #29 11/22/08 1:36 PM
Let be honest, the filmmakers of the documentary were more interested in making a point about the state of Anderson's economy, particularly it's automotive industries, than focusing on racing.

Next, this is an OPEN WHEEL website and open wheel racing is expensive! Someone made a comment is a previous post about how "white collar" people view racing. If you think there aren't white collar people in racing, you are delusional. Even with a good white collar job, affording a nice sprint car is next to impossible! And even if we assume that all open wheel people are nice, clean, humble, blue collar folk, think about races you've been to with both midgets or sprint cars and bombers on the bill. How many times have you seen someone in the pits shake their head about a bomber driver with a 2 peice driving suit and Garfield tiewrapped to his car? How many times have you heard someone muttering or even yelling about the G** D**m bombers oiling down the track before qualifying or the feature?

We love racing and we make fun of these guys! I think most people view this description of "racing" with a grain of salt.