Interesting, but in a way, a tad scary.
http://www.slate.com/id/2206711/
This part made me laugh:
"..And the most visible part of NASCAR, the driver corps, has morphed from a crew of heroic-yet-relatable, older, mostly mustachioed hell-raisers to an interchangeable posse of corporate-ready drones fresh out of driver's ed."
This part, with our new CEO in the White House, makes me cringe. Me thinks (read that as, afraid of) this line of thinking (from the masses) is coming soon!!! :action-smiley-049:
.."During NASCAR's glory years in the 1990s and early 2000s, gas was cheap, we could kid ourselves into believing it was plentiful, and those who pointed out the connection between CO2 and global warming were easily shouted down. The Hummer went from obscure military hardware to pop culture icon. But then Al Gore made a documentary, and politicians started talking about the folly of importing oil from "countries that don't like us very much." In 20 years, are we going to look back and shake our head in wonder that we let such a wasteful, environmentally disastrous "sport" take place?"